On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 12:13:01 -0800 Jesus Villarreal <jesvilla@gte.net> wrote:
>Ms Katie Kelly wrote:
>>
>> Karen Babb offered some theories as to why the heavier
>> BP might be faster than AP.
>>
>> It's all about horsepower, wide slicks, and then
>> having enough weight over the wide slicks. If the car
>> is too light, you can't get the power to the ground.
>>
>> Her example was Larry Park's heavy (relative to BP)
>> Corvette (now Rick Brown's), which at the time was
>> also quick enough to win EM. That might not have
>> changed, but I really don't remember results.
>>
>> -Katie
>
>My opinion is: On cold days heavier cars are faster, relative to the
>lighter cars. I witnessed this many times, Ex: on a cold day in 1990,
>Larry's Vette was about 1.1 behind my B-Mod March, yet on a very warm
>day in Salina, he was some 5 seconds behind me, this was in the same
>year within a few months. The difference between having a good driving
>day and a bad driving day is a minor part of this difference, but
>certainly not all of it.
>
>Jesus
>
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