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Originally Posted by Cashburn
Here's something to chew on...
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This is really good info. I wasn't at the Sunday race (I was just there Saturday) so I wondered what happened.
A couple of questions:
- The numbers after the "make" sort of look like they represent the cc's of the car. But if so, both the GT40 and the Backdraft say "7000" which doesn't seem right. I think they were both small blocks. I don't know.
- Does the Backdraft have an "X" next to it's class signifying "not eligible for points or podium" because it is a replica? Or is it because it is the only car in Class 5?
- I wonder why the Superformance Cobra or the other Backdraft Cobras didn't participate in this race? The lone Backdraft was the only Cobra in the race. Saturday's race had more Cobra or Cobra related stuff on track.
- It is interesting that the Backdraft had the fastest race lap. 1:34 is booking around Road Atlanta. As far as how close these cars are to our "street" cars...
I am familiar with Road Atlanta. I know that my unprepared "roadster" Superformance could not do a 1:34. Even a better driver than me in my car couldn't do it. However, I could turn a time not horribly off the mark. In fact I believe that most of our cars could turn times faster than the fastest race laps of the slower cars in this field. I is also my belief that if I had an easily obtainable more powerful motor, a few suspension tweaks, race tires and a competant driver that my car would be in the upper 50% of this field. Again, I think that goes for any of our cars.
I am very appreciative of the efforts to bring these cars out in competition. It isn't cheap. The spectators loved it. I hope the marketing value makes it worthwhile. I hope lots of cars get sold.
Jack