Paul 996

That will definitely help the 3.4 car get off the corner. Will the ST guys also get to benefit in the 987?

Larry Herman

Good job Fred. I've seen Baron drive, and the two of you make a great combo.

GTgears

You mean the Boxsters? I highly doubt it. Those cars are competitive as it is. Deman put one on the outside pole at Daytona. If it weren't for a pit snafu Trade Manage might have been on the podium at NJMP. And GA officials were snooping around the paddock area asking how big the engine in the Boxsters were supposed to be because I think they were surprised by where Trade Manage was running in that race.

Most of the 987 Boxsters already run the 986 6spd gearbox. It's got shorter gears than the 987 6spd. I don't expect that the rule makers are going to alter the allowed ratios a class down IF they allow it in GS.

ZSA Motorsport

thats funny stuff. maybe GA ought to tak ea peak at the mustangs and camaro which probably, when done, have very little chevy and ford original stuff within. ive heard ford guys are all running new gearing, and modded trans.
the subaru...forget abou tit. nissan...same thing.
you'd think after watching cayman after cayman, with great drivers in it, get swamped over and over, would give the car either a bigger weight reduction, or allow something aftermarket to give it a bit more torque.

HP is nice, but torque wins these races. and unfortunately, the cayman doesn not have the pop to go out of the corner with a mustang, camaro or bmw.
even with the most amazing driver. someone who cant drive slows u up in the turn, you have to break , then its who has the umph.

Veloce Raptor

This is correct...but certain people here will disagree with this truism.

Fred, congrats again! And I agree with your assessments....

GTgears

I remarked about this to a couple of people over the weekend. I think it would really level the playing field a bit if they forced the Mustangs and Camaros to run the 20" wheelsize they come from the factory with instead of the 18's they use in racing. That alone would change their final drive by somewhere between 5 and 8%. The 18's make those cars faster.

dmundy

The Camaro is pretty much a "spec" car which can either be purchased from Reilly or buit to match Rielly's spec. The Mustang you buy from Ford and pretty much is also a spec car. As far as I know the others are more open.

Every car has pro's and cons. Personally I have been shocked at how close the Camaro is to stock.

I'd suggest walking through the paddock and looking at the teams. The worst GS team is doing a very good job of car prep and the back of the pack drivers are pretty competitive club guys. It's a very deep field.

I look forward to meeting Fred at Mid O.

onefastviking

For those that don't know, dmundy currently drives a Camaro in Conti so that is pretty valid input from him.

DrJupeman

Great job, Fred and Baron. My jealousy is still off the charts.

MUSSBERGER

Atta boy Fred................

Gary R.

Jerry - any idea on a re-run of this? I had it set to record and they came and replaced my cable DVR this week.....

BobbyC

So WTF are you waiting for???

Gary R.

I've had the pleasure (or displeasure depending on the outlook) of running with C.B. and he could hop in any car and run with the best...

Just my humble opinion of course.

James-GMG

It's too bad Grand Am doesn't allow the 997 GT3 to run in GS, it's a direct competitor to the M3......drop a cage in the car as it's close to the weight it would run. I would think GA would see 8-10 of these cars within a few months!

Tecce would love to run GT3's........right John?

I remember driving one of BGB's 997's at Miller and you have to drive that car, or any Porsche in GS, 100% at the limit just to keep up with the V8's....which can be driven 80% in the corners and you still couldn't get a run out of a corner.

I know I have 3 clients right now with GT3's that would convert their car to GS specs if it was allowed in the series.

Maybe I'm dreaming but just think about how many drivers in these cars are looking for a place to play with them.

ukrbmw

I guess it's pretty simple - if nobody else ends up being competitive all will end up in a V8 car of some sort. I'm guessing BMW torque is nowhere near the American V8s, right? I haven't seen BMW win any races recently, although they are still running towards the front.