We finished off a great first race weekend at CMP and walked away with 2 class wins and a 4th and 5th overall out of 14 cars. We were put in a group with GT1, GT2, GT3, SPO, and T1, which are the fastest fendered cars in SCCA. Every car in the group was faster then we were, but we still managed to qualify and finish well. The car performed almost flawlessly, with the TopSpeed tune holding up great, and the Hankook tires and Carbotech brakes working awesome. Our Hankook tires performed great and lasted through the weekend with plenty of tread left for testing in 2 weeks. Since CMP is hell on brakes, we were a little worried, but we had zero brake problems all weekend and I was able to go to the woah pedal hard every single brake zone. While the car had plently of power on the pump gas map, I can't wait for the National events to start so we can start using our 100 octane "race" gas map and pick up 40+ HP and TQ. Thanks to our Sponsors: Hankook Tires TopSpeed Pictures: Video: http://www.trackmonkeyracing.com/videos/2006_04_01_CMP_Day2.wmv -Tom
Congrats Tom. Looked like good driving on the video. What class was the Camaro in? He drove by you on the straight like he was carrying at least a 100 hp advantage.
That firebird was in AS. American Sedan is the same cars that compete with me in T2, but with full suspensions and built motors. Considering I am about 40hp down from the top since I'm running pump gas for the regionals, he does have about 50-60hp on the top T2 cars. So your estimate of 100 more is probably dead on. -Tom
The tires in Touring classes need to be DOT approved if I'm not mistaken... Cantilevered slicks would certainly be an advantage over any DOT tire.