- 1. Mythical National Championship - Different Class/Non-Entrants (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@Winchell.Com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 19:19:22 -0700
- I'd like to know who definitely isn't competing in a class at nationals that is posted in the forecast at http://PonyCar.Net/Solo2_National_Championship_Forecast.htm). So if you know someone (or your
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00022.html (7,404 bytes)
- 2. Re: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 16:30:52 -0700 (PDT)
- <BG> SM and SM2 will draw drivers many classes that aren't serving the SM/SM2 audience. ESP, BP, CP, EM, DSP, CSP are being affected... at least in terms of quantity. Though the top quality cars/driv
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00050.html (8,222 bytes)
- 3. Re: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 19:24:19 -0700 (PDT)
- ** Jeff@winchell.com replied: <BG> SM and SM2 will draw drivers many classes that aren't serving the SM/SM2 audience. ESP, BP, CP, EM, DSP, CSP are being affected... at least in terms of quantity. Th
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00054.html (16,829 bytes)
- 4. Re: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 19:54:39 -0700 (PDT)
- Yes as far as the National Championship goes. For most people who live far away, it's too risky to build a car and travel that far for something that could go away in a year. I'm sure the SM2 folks
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00056.html (8,406 bytes)
- 5. Re: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 20:34:51 -0700 (PDT)
- I guess, but it can get pretty spendy to modify some cars. Miatas, Hondas, to a lesser extent ponycars can be modified for a lot less than Beemers and Vettes. Though some have the means, and that's c
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00058.html (8,768 bytes)
- 6. Re: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@Winchell.Com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 22:42:59 -0700
- be Interesting point. Looking at http://ponycar.net/Solo2_National_Championship_Forecast.htm, the top 19 SS entries, top SSL, 5 AS, 5 BS, and top CS would win SM2. The top 12 ASP, 1 ASPL, 12 BSP, 1
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00061.html (9,557 bytes)
- 7. Re: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 10:38:24 -0700 (PDT)
- Yes Greg Fordahl did that with a client's car he built. If he had a TransAm client amongst his pro road race clients, I can bet he would have a fun doing that to CP.<s> /// unsubscribe/change address
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00070.html (9,056 bytes)
- 8. Re: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 10:47:11 -0700 (PDT)
- I agree that it must be tough when the objective numbers shout down your hopes so loudly. So using ONE DRIVER proves it can't be done? <ROFL> Well, I wouldn't want to cloud the issue with facts<s> ..
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00071.html (12,101 bytes)
- 9. Re: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 11:24:04 -0700 (PDT)
- I count 98 NT/Nationals Entrants in SP cars (including many far from well-prepped) would are predicted to do better than the last trophy placing SM entrant CLASS NAME TIME CAR CSP Tom Ellam 100.9501
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00075.html (18,228 bytes)
- 10. Re: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 11:45:29 -0700 (PDT)
- I'd guess Greg's 5.9 second lead had nothing to do with his not driving faster.<s> That and the fact that he had autocrossed the car one time (the previous weekend) before entering it in nationals. B
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00077.html (8,767 bytes)
- 11. Re: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 11:53:38 -0700 (PDT)
- I'll remind you to actually pay attention to what I said rather than write nonsense. I said I included data from Divisionals, and I included facts (whether you want to keep writing crap about them n
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00078.html (9,197 bytes)
- 12. RE: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 12:06:11 -0700 (PDT)
- Maybe that's the REAL reason CP was so vehement against allowing any SP car to run in CP using their DOT tires on possibly wider wheels than CP allows. Afraid of getting beat by too many "slower" car
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00079.html (15,504 bytes)
- 13. Re: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 12:42:52 -0700 (PDT)
- You are correct that I do think SM and SM2 are soft. But they are soft because of the *unavoidable* reason of them being new classes. I agree you that we might find them quicker than what the foreca
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00085.html (9,873 bytes)
- 14. RE: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 12:57:31 -0700 (PDT)
- I've already built a national level ESP car. So save the moron comment for someone else. Plus it doesn't mean squat how well I drive or build a car. The same was true when I had a much worse car and
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00086.html (9,844 bytes)
- 15. RE: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 13:05:51 -0700 (PDT)
- M3's don't have an IRS. CP cars can have ABS and IRS. Alas, that's "new" technology and we all know how CP hates that. Just one example is the PAC proposal to the SEB to split up the backdate/update
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00087.html (9,196 bytes)
- 16. Re: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 13:18:18 -0700 (PDT)
- The airjacks within the car are cool, but not necessary to switch tires between drivers. You can do it low tech too. Of course, if one person brought true rain tires and the other didn't.... well th
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00089.html (9,367 bytes)
- 17. RE: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 13:37:37 -0700 (PDT)
- Mark Andy responded: 2nd, for the top ESP car (again, bumping Bob out) to have finished 15th supports my contention rather than the reverse. What you're saying is that the top ESP car & driver in the
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00090.html (9,978 bytes)
- 18. RE: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 14:05:04 -0700 (PDT)
- I don't know. Maybe I'll test that theory by running my ESP car with 17x11 wheels running DOT tires in CP. I'm not that great a driver but if I pick it up a 1/2 second, I could wind up trophying in C
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00095.html (9,941 bytes)
- 19. Re: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 14:20:43 -0700 (PDT)
- During the M3 in ESP debate on Team.Net in 2000, an M3 owner corrected my assertion that M3's had an IRS by saying it had a multi-link rear suspension instead. Maybe it's just a terminology or marke
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00098.html (9,258 bytes)
- 20. RE: SM2 at Topeka (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 14:28:34 -0700 (PDT)
- 3130 32V aluminum DOHC Cobra motor with aftermarket fuel injection (all the things that CP hates<s>). ** "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one m
- /html/autox/2002-08/msg00100.html (9,943 bytes)
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