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10 Sep 2004, 01:00 (Ref:1091456) | #1 | ||
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O'connel to pilot 3rd CTSV at road atlanta
cadilac is desperate to get the manufactuer's title in the world challenge gt. now they are putting johnny O in the 3rd CTSV he should make an interesting wild card in the race. i do hope caddy does get the manufacturer's title. i'm sick of audi winning. i tend to think the SCCA favors the audis. they are quick to add weight to the corvettes and vipers but the audis nope. sure they added a bit but look midway through the season the vipers and vettes got air restrictors and weight penalties even when tehy didn't win a single race. and to this date the viper comp coupes have only one 2 races yet the SCCA has made them run 200 ppounds heavier than the audis. and the audis have wom every season since 2001.
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10 Sep 2004, 20:51 (Ref:1092317) | #2 | |
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SCCA definitely favors the audis, the restrictions on the caddys are absolutely ridiculous... but i think cadillac deserves it after what they did with their LMP1 program.
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what do they deserve? the restrictions or the manufaturer's title. i mean after all the caddy's didn't have the budget the audi's did in LMP
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11 Sep 2004, 16:00 (Ref:1093030) | #4 | |
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they deserve the restrictions... they had a very competitive car and they just cut the program because "it was just a 3 year program"
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13 Sep 2004, 13:19 (Ref:1095147) | #5 | |
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The Champion Audi is getting new restrictions. Read http://www.lmsr.net/swcchampionpenalty.html
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13 Sep 2004, 13:58 (Ref:1095194) | #6 | |
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A summary of the (negative) adjustments for the Audi:
* They start the season with a wider tire, but reduced boost. * After Lime Rock Park they get a increase the weight by 100 pounds to 3250 lbs. * After Mid-Ohio the Audi receives an additional 50 lbs to its base weight as well as a 200 rpm reduction (to 6800) and a reduction from 1.7 bar to 1.55 bar. * Now they get: 49.4% turbocharger inlet restrictor (the car carried no restrictor previously), maximum rear weight distribution of 42% (previously 42.5 percent), intercooler and brake water cooling capacity limit of 3.5 gallons (previously not limited), freeze on air intake system, freeze on cooling system. Last edited by gwyllion; 13 Sep 2004 at 13:59. |
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Peter Cunningham will drive a third RS6 for Champion
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Champion Racing is really complaining about the recent restrictions. The performance of their car is lower than a street RS6, because of the 50% restrictor (resulting in 15 mph less on the straights).
Their qualifying results are very disappointing: 12th and 13th time for the RS6s, more than 1,5 sec slower than the Cadillac on pole. Apparently they are trying to circumvent the restrictions by using a 2 year old Audi S4 for Pobst. This car is faster on the straights than the RS6, but slower in the curves. It didn't work out: only the 15th time. |
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The SCCA realised that the restrictor for the RS6 was to small and are reducing it from 49,4% to 41,2%.
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