Hey, this overanalysis thing at least works as a conversational gambit! 8D
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From: John J. Stimson-III [mailto:john@harlie.idsfa.net]
Subject: Re: Atwater questions
On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 08:57:39AM -0700, Tibbals, Paul wrote:
> Well, OK, but wet is different than dry. Way wetter is a
smaller
> increment. I hear what you're saying though.
You might think that, but I lost 2-3 seconds due to "somewhat wetter" in
San Diego between my 1st and 3rd runs. The 3rd run felt technically
better, too.
I might think that, but I only based it on the numbers from Atwater. For STS,
the Saturday to Sunday changes were from 1.5 to 5.5 seconds, most being ~3.5 to
4 seconds. Admittedly (before Peter jumps back in ;) a limited sample with
poor control from run to run and 'rain to rain'. Katie, with the two course
directions both in dry conditions, ran about 1.25 seconds faster on Sunday. So
for that course and those cars, ~3 seconds rain/dry difference TOTAL is a round
number. Darn it, I didn't have my Geez unit working on Saturday so I can't do
any apples to apples comparisons.
I'd add in the difference in the types of friction force available between wet
and dry, but since we were all using very similar tires I'll neglect that for
now. Plus I can't find the Web page that summarized it nicely....
I'm sure that the difference between wet and "monsoon", the latter being what
the San Diego photos showed, is signficant!
I think Peter's suggestion that the best car & setup for each class
may not yet be built (or at least running in our region) explains your
observation that locally STX isn't much faster than STS.
No argument here. But I'm not yet to the point of changing vehicles to improve
my standing, largely (pun intended) because I don't physically fit in most of
the class-leading models! Particularly with helmet. That's the breaks, never
going to be a Lotus customer....
must....get...back...to work...
PaulT
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