I would assume that the 83mph was from an unimpeachable source. How else
could they make the decision that they made?
Greg Scharnberg
At 09:42 PM 2/19/2006 -0500, robertjfoley@optonline.net wrote:
>Before this gets totally out of hand, I'll offer that I was not there at
>this event, but have spent 2+ hours on the phone during the weekend with
>someone that was. I have also run there, and and can offer doing
>somewhere between 65-70mph in a GS Celica through a slalom is certainly a
>character building experience.
>
>That disclaimer outlined, there is NFW that 911 GT3 was doing 83mph. I
>understand the car is rev-limited in 2nd on stock diameter tires at
>80. This car was on shorter than stock V710's, and Ian said in a post on
>SCCAForums tonight he never hit the limiter anywhere. This was verified
>by people in SS watching his runs.
>
>If I was going to guess, and that is all most are doing here and on other
>message boards, my educated estimate would be the GT3 -might- have been
>seeing 75. Fast, yes; faster than the rulebook, sort of; but in the
>context of rulebook guidelines and other events I have been at, that speed
>may well have been safer than other sites that max out at 55.
>
>We've all felt I think that course design parameters needed some
>additional substance. On the outcome of this, my guess is the Appeal over
>deleting Sunday results will be successful, but we'll be seeing a few more
>paragraphs or pages on courses in the 2007 rulebook.
>
>Rob
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