"TC will not permit you to go faster, only quicker!"
Mayf, IMHO, quick is an important element in LSR. If I
could get the job done in the first mile, I would be
much happier than if it took three more to accomplish.
John
--- DrMayf <drmayf@teknett.com> wrote:
> In every case where TC is mentioned in the same
> breath as a sanctioning body
> the parameter of importance is TIME, not speed. For
> every road course,
> whether or not it is the roundy round or road race
> track and even drags, the
> parameter is TIME. In every case, the most important
> is to get around the
> course in the least amount of it: each vehicle has
> to brake and slow down or
> at least lift to make turns then get back on it.
> Obviously the vehicle that
> can get back on the pedal the quickest has the least
> lap times and become
> the winner. Speed is not relevant in any form of
> racing except LSR.
>
> So in LSR the object is to reach the top speed
> capable of the vehicle. How
> to do that? Well, the course is very long and this
> permits within reason any
> vehicle to make top speed. With TC you could maybe
> make top speed sooner
> down the track, but could not better the top speed
> you could get if not
> using it. TC will not permit you to go faster, only
> quicker! Now if the
> course were shortened to say a 1 mile run up and a
> short top speed trap, ala
> Maxton, then TC might be of some benefit. But I
> doubt it.
>
> What about the case where one year the salt is very
> very good and class x
> has a record set at some speed y. Then next year the
> course is sloppy. Would
> TC help? No, because the track cannot provide the
> grip needed for top speed.
> You will always go slower with it in LSR.
>
> If SCTA or USFRA does not want to permit trials of
> such beasts, then ECTA,
> how aboput stepping up to the plate and running some
> tests and publishing
> the results? Use a car with TC that can be disabled
> and make a lot of runs,
> enough to get a 95% confidence interval and lets
> evaluate the system
> scientifically. I contend that it will make
> absolutely no difference in top
> speeds on the salt but may affect the course and
> your pocket book only.
>
> Let's run some tests!
>
> Dave Dahlgren, you didn't spec out a cheap system
> for testing..you doing
> that?
>
> mayf, ever the technically curious...
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