In a message dated 5/10/99 2:57:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, randyc2@home.com
writes:
<< > ...My suggestion has been to let the street tire cars compete in their
> regular classes right along with the R tire cars but use a percentage
> handicap to even the competition. At first I thought about 5% was a good
> number. The RTP index in the factors for ST and STR makes a difference of
> about 4.5% between those 2 classes in which the tires are the only
> difference. Being based on some data from a number of events that is
probably
> a better number.
Here we have some agreement. I think that this is a good idea locally. I
have often told the street tired competitor "hey, great run,
considering that your tires probably made a 4-5 second difference!".
> I have read of some regions that do something like this but use a
flat
> 2sec difference. That doesn't take into account that 2sec on a short 45sec
> run is a bigger difference than on a longer, say, 65 sec run. A percentage
> handicap takes care of that.
I agree that a set time is not the best idea....
Randy Chase >>
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Randy,
Thanks for your input and especially thanks for quoting the above parts of my
letter which get to the best idea I have been able to come up with for a
consistent and fair way to handle a local street tire class. I appreciate the
fair tone and lack of personal aspersions of your post.
Ray
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