best handling cobra?

[scottj]

Originally posted by Boudy


Scott: I think that the times tell the actual story at Run & Gun. There were several cars in the 108s and any driver skilled enough to turn 108s has the skill to turn 107s if the car will allow it. Tony did what he did in a basically production car against some very talented drivers in cars built to race. Let's not pretend he was the only good driver at the event.

The BDR is not purpose built from the ground up to race. It's an all around driver without adjustable suspension, brake bias, race shocks, and other track only gadgets and goodies. With that said, we'll gladly slap on some stiffer springs (even heat them with a torch to get the ride height back down) and run head to head with any purpose engineered race car. Even the JBL.

This challange thing sounds fun. A little friendly head to head is good for the soul. After all, we're all here cause we love driven' these darn machines no matter who makes em'.


Boudy

Boudy- I agree that there were several other Cobra drivers (2 or 3 I think) with those times and that they likely (for the sake of discussion) got every bit from their car that it was capable of giving. I’ll also accept the conclusion (for the sake of discussion) that the BDR handled better than those cars, considering that the other cars weren’t down on power any.

Wouldn’t you agree though, that there were far more drivers that were not talented enough to drive their car to its potential? And if that is true, then a conclusion can’t be reached as to the handling potential of that car and accurate comparisons to the BDR can’t be made. Certainly you wouldn’t expect a first time road course participant to run as fast as Tony whether they were driving a BDR or any other make, would you? And when that rookie ran slower in the BDR than Tony, would you want to conclude anything about the BDR handling?

As I said before, I’m not trying to take anything away from BDR. I was actually very impressed by the strong showing. I’m saying that while the times are the facts, the story told is conjecture.
Scott