BDR passes SPF GT40 at RA...the rest of the story!

[Backdraft]

Hi there,

Although the rules may appear to be fairly wide open in the HSR group 5 class there is one rule that brings everything back into perspective and it is the tires that the cars need to run on. The cars all need to use a 15 inch period correct race tire. This is a great equaliser and puts a fair amount of emphasis on the handling and driving ability as opposed to the HP of the car.

A good example of this is the red SPF GT40 driven by Dennis as opposed the the gulf colored car. The Gulf car is running a Roush/Yates engine(Nascar style) while Dennis is running a Roush 427SR. I don't know the exact difference but the Gulf car should have at least 200HP more. Yet Dennis was running 3-4 seconds a lap faster.A good driver with a well set up car will be competitve in this class.

It would be great to have more manufacturers running in the same class. When we initially started looking for a place to run our cars we were turned away from the FFR Spec class. There was not even any negotiation with this so we ended up running in the Nassa ST1 class , which put us against Ferrari, Porsche, Dodge Viper etc. Although the car was reasonably competitve in this class it did not showcase our products against our competitors.

[Excaliber]

I was wondering where one might run an essentially non spec race car? Besides HSR what other race groups or events could a car like this compete in? Local Auto Cross events, SCCA or otherwise for sure, but beyond that?

It seems Shelbys spec racer program is a bit of a bust. You never hear anything about it, I imagine the high cost is a major issue.