My in car runs from September 25th event @ Park City.
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Originally Posted by cbags05
I kept this in mind this weekend and it helped a TON. All day today I was in second gear...so much smoother, right hand is able to steer and not on shifter. Needless to say I won my bump class today and indexed higher than an ES car with a driver that is apparently pretty good. People gasped when they saw he lost. So thanks for the tip. :bigok:
I won my class today by a whopping 2 seconds out of 22 competitors 
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Cool; since we're bragging, I won my class at my last event too. Check it out:
http://www.sfrscca.org/solo2/Sacrame...ound10.html#gs
Just don't compare me to the Street Tire guys! (I was on street tires though).
Dan
http://www.sfrscca.org/solo2/Sacrame...ound10.html#gs
Just don't compare me to the Street Tire guys! (I was on street tires though).
Dan
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From: Someplace with cones=AUTO
Originally Posted by Ludemandan
Cool; since we're bragging, I won my class at my last event too.
Just don't compare me to the Street Tire guys! (I was on street tires though).
Dan
Just don't compare me to the Street Tire guys! (I was on street tires though).
Dan
Congrats though!
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Originally Posted by cbags05
Why is it always said that you want the peak horsepower and not peak torque? They happen at different RPM I know. I would think that since torque is what makes you accelerate then you would want the RPM with the most torque.
