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Originally Posted by Vladcanada
"Let’s take a moment to talk about lap times. Consider the following: Last year, I set the fastest Spec Focus lap at the NASA National Championships at 1:45.620. At this year’s Champs, the best lap was 1:48.170, despite the fact that the Spec Focus rules now allow wider tires and lower suspension. Do you really think I’m two and a half seconds better than the best guy was this year, particularly considering that he was driving a better-equipped car? Of course not. Mid-Ohio was slow this year because it rained the day before and washed the rubber off the track, taking a couple of seconds off everybody’s lap. Consider, if you will, that on a track the length of the ‘Ring the equivalent rain-washing time gap would be nine and a half seconds. Lap times set on different days, under different conditions, simply aren’t comparable. It’s that simple. Some days are hot, some days are cool, some days there’s rubber on the track, some days there’s oil. The same competent driver, in the same car, might have a fifteen-second variation from one ‘Ring session to the next. Think about that."
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Lap records were set in TTU, TTR, TTS and TTA, that I know of and maybe more. Some even set by the guys who set the old ones. The track conditions were fine for some periods of time this year and yeilded record times. Just because a guy had more favorable rules does mean he has as good of a focus as you, or is as good of a driver.
I see where you are coming from in terms of track conditions on a track that long though. Just having no rain on the track is a big accomplishment at the ring, and getting perfect conditions is even more of a crap shoot. I have no problem with that. It still doesnt make up for the differences in acceleration. and the fact that the last turn before the straight is a high speed one, it favors the high power cars even more, especially when they easily kept up for the twisty parts of the lap.