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Side thought - would anyone actually really want to run a motorcycle sidecar if it wasn't for the chance at being points champ?
Quote from: NathanStewart on February 17, 2012, 04:04:35 PM Side thought - would anyone actually really want to run a motorcycle sidecar if it wasn't for the chance at being points champ? Geez Nathan, that's cutting right to the bone. But the answer from me is no I didn't build my sidecar with the points championship being the only reason for building it. I had an idea and wanted to see how fast I could get it to run.But I think your question should be why would anyone want to run a GPS if it wasn't for the chance at being points champ? Why do you need a GPS if for no other reason than to sandbag? Why do you hear a driver being told to run no more than X rpm if not to sandbag? After one record I ran a fellow club member asked me if I "left anything"? I replied I hope not.
GPS can actually be a very useful tuning tool. Combined with a data logger you have the ability to go back through your run and see the details of how it progressed. What's your speed at half track? Are you still accelerating at the lights? What was your speed when the car finally settled down and went straight? I think people may try to "drive by GPS" but at El Mirage than can be pretty hard for a number of reasons.
I am a fan of El M---but most of your higher hp cars, most years, will not be able to race for points champ, with the same combo, due to the ever changing racing surface.