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Old 05-27-2012, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by jenk12m
If I get 996 cup it's only to race. Only time I would DE it would be for a shakedown to get use to the car
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Originally Posted by Veloce Raptor
Agreed. Kind of silly to bring a Cup car to a DE. I am a big fan of the Spec996 platform, and they can be raced competitively + they are not 100% overkill for a DE.
Would that be the same class Pahl and Richardson race in?
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Originally Posted by jenk12m
Would that be the same class Pahl and Richardson race in?
Similar. Their cars are a bit lighter, with CF doors & roof, and their suspensions & tires are free, so they run slicks in PBOC. Spec996 is in essence the same car with spec JRZ suspension & BFG R1 tires. And no CF.
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Awwww, gotcha. Plus I know they have different motors
Old 05-27-2012, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by wanna911
I'm sorry but lots of over driving is not safe. Neither is two DE cup guys bumper to bumper trying to pass two other cars race style in turn 11 at road Atlanta and both going down the hill in the grass nearly hitting each other. And then post it and laugh at it.

I have hundreds of laps at Road Atlanta and wouldn't have tried that. And its obvious neither of them new the track well enough to even attempt that by the end result. How exactly is that safe?

I'm just saying you guys need to dial it back some, or go racing.
Who decides when it is safe? How fast is too fast? Close is too close?

Just having fun with the guys (without drama, costs and headaches of racing).

FWIW - I have see a lot of cars hit each other in PCA racing but I have never seen two cars hit each other at any DE I have ever been to (same tracks btw).
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Originally Posted by wanna911
I'm sorry but lots of over driving is not safe. Neither is two DE cup guys bumper to bumper trying to pass two other cars race style in turn 11 at road Atlanta and both going down the hill in the grass nearly hitting each other. And then post it and laugh at it.

I have hundreds of laps at Road Atlanta and wouldn't have tried that. And its obvious neither of them new the track well enough to even attempt that by the end result. How exactly is that safe?

I'm just saying you guys need to dial it back some, or go racing.
Who decides when it is safe? How fast is too fast? Close is too close?

Just having fun with the guys (without drama, costs and headaches of racing).

FWIW - I have see a lot of cars hit each other in PCA racing but I have never seen two cars hit each other at any DE I have ever been to (same tracks btw).
I have not been impressed at all with the quality of drivers in pca racing

At winterfest there were some real fast guys, but the majority was lower level driver than de cup

But you and I are the minority of de drivers that have raced in the past....I believe m3evobr has too
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Originally Posted by jenk12m
Awwww, gotcha. Plus I know they have different motors
Well, not really. Dave R's is a 3.4 stock motor & Dave P's is a 3.6 stock motor, same as are used in SP996. Only difference is in SP996, the 3.6 carries a 180 pound weight penalty, whereas in PBOC there is no weight penalty.



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