Roger (The Famous) Johnson wrote:
> B.) Never has this been more evident than in G/S at Topeka this
> year: Most have accepted the late Type "R" classification because one
> didn't win!
Nahhh. Some of us with a dog in the hunt at the time accepted the Type R in
Denver when we saw what was required to make one go fast, namely,
downshifting every time the car turned more than a few degrees.
I'm still amazed that ol' Bob E. was able to make that many shifts in such
a short period of time without blowing one.
Any car that makes you work that hard just ain't an overdog.
What GS taught me this year was just how much the Stock classes resemble
(suprise!) herds of sheep. A4 wins out west, everyone wants an A4. We win
in the east, everyone wants a Talon. Bob gets a fast run in a Type R on his
14th run in Denver, everyone wants a Type R. And yet the funny thing is
that at Nationals, on courses were the launch isn't such a factor, the top
of the class was a pretty even mix of Talons, A4s, Type Rs, and even MX6s.
> Do you really think that the potential of either the Acura or the BG was
> realized in such a short time??
Or the A4? Or the Talon? Hell, we were running stock shocks last year,
there's still lots of tuning to be done for GS Talons.
(Pros are another matter. There, the AWD cars rule the roost with an iron
fist. Banned from P6 Baby!)
Say, Team Butt Heat, what are you guys running next year?
Anyway, I sure hope at least one Type R comes to play in P2. I just got
nifty new custom plates (R EATER) and I need to get some use out of them :)
DG
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