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Offline jacksoni

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A bit of '23 trivia
« on: August 25, 2023, 02:20:29 PM »
There were 16 car records set. 1 electric streamliner; 4 cars with vintage engines (3 roadsters, one on open record); 4 cars/trucks with 2-C, 1-D and 1-F class engines all on open records. For reference, one of the C engine cars went 181. The F record in that category is 189. The D engine car went 139, same F 189 record. The F engine car went a respectable 163; The remainder were 4-H engines, 1-I and 1-J. Three  of the H class were set by the same car changing classes. Qualifiers and returns often, not always, were significantly different suggesting possible taction issues though of course there can be many explanations for that. NO AA ,A or B engines and over all few of anything over 200.

Small motors ruled. I consider all the times well under the potential of these cars  due to track conditions despite the hard work of SCTA to provide a good course. I congratulate all. Personally, I get to try next year again like  a lot of others who made long trips to watch. (I was 6000+ RT)
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Offline Stan Back

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Re: A bit of '23 trivia
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2023, 04:34:03 PM »
If you think that was cherry-picking, can you show how the M/C did?

I've gotta suppose the SCTA needed have a meet.  All that prep, all the personnel that would be needed for courses, 'cause how can you see how its gonna end up.  With all the course moving, it still took a lot people that were there to get it done.  Anyone have a better answer to how they could have reacked?  They probably even liked it less than we did.
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Offline wickedwagens

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Re: A bit of '23 trivia
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2023, 11:37:55 AM »
I decided to to unload the car off the trailer.  I only need 3 miles, but needed a great track to accomplish my goals of 180 mph.  Comparing cars that are running around that speed from 21' it seems like most were 5-15 mph slower.  I guess we will try again next year, unless my daughter is ready to drive then we will be going back to H records.  We were going for the G/CBFALT record of 168 mph
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G/CFALT  106.643 MPH  8/2016    G/CGALT  113.131 MPH  9/2016
G/CBGALT  169.462  MPH  8/2021    G/CBFALT  146.715  MPH  8/2017
G/CBGC  158.242  MPH  9/2017   H/CBGC  94.334 MPH  8/2018
H/CPRO  93.383 MPH  8/2018   H/CBFALT  101.282 MPH 9/2018
H/CBGALT  120.591 MPH 9/2018
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Offline gowing

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Re: A bit of '23 trivia
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2023, 12:37:37 AM »
I've gotta suppose the SCTA needed have a meet.  All that prep, all the personnel that would be needed for courses, 'cause how can you see how its gonna end up.  With all the course moving, it still took a lot people that were there to get it done.  Anyone have a better answer to how they could have reacked?  They probably even liked it less than we did.
I gotta call it what it is/was... Turd polishing.
They did he best they could with what they had to work with.

Bummer for all of the racers that hoped for better than what they actually got.
Maybe  next year.