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• American Classic TRANS-AM: October 12, 2012

[RickS95]

Got a question I forgot to ask...when is the next one?

[slowmantuna]

what a blast, thanks guys for letting me join in on this.

[RickS95]

what a blast, thanks guys for letting me join in on this.

For winning this past race without even trying, you've been banned from the next one.

[GrumpyTuna]

 And you for calling someone "some fucker" and not the name of the driver.

[Wolfpack987]

 


Rick, we will find a time.  Definitely will be in the new year though.  And possibly different cars (than either we've already used).

[RickS95]

 And you for calling someone "some fucker" and not the name of the driver.

If this was addressed to me, I think Hey is the only person I used that term of endearment with.

[RickS95]

Rick, we will find a time.  Definitely will be in the new year though.  And possibly different cars (than either we've already used).

I think we should make it a monthly series at DRC.  Different cars each time.

In thinking out loud, I wonder if it could be a year long series with 12 cars...drive a different one each time.  Winner could be determined by either a points system based on each race or combine the times of each race for one overall winner based on time (highly unlikely that everyone involved would be able to make each race, so maybe a race or two get dropped and the winner is determined by his ten worst times...something like that).

[dlrws6]

Rick, we will find a time.  Definitely will be in the new year though.  And possibly different cars (than either we've already used).

I think we should make it a monthly series at DRC.  Different cars each time.

In thinking out loud, I wonder if it could be a year long series with 12 cars...drive a different one each time.  Winner could be determined by either a points system based on each race or combine the times of each race for one overall winner based on time (highly unlikely that everyone involved would be able to make each race, so maybe a race or two get dropped and the winner is determined by his ten worst times...something like that).

 

I like this idea, as long as one of the cars is the 2000 Camaro RM or the street car of the same year. 

I'm sorry I missed this one. I'll do better next time 

also, Wolf, I don't know how the others would feel, but if you wanted to take the Group C cars and run them at DRC, please feel free to.  I have not had much of a chance to work on the event that I was planning.

[Wolfpack987]

^I would be down to do this event with the Group C racers at some point, however I believe one or two comments mentioned after Friday's race were requesting that the next DRC event be held with slower cars.

To that end I spent around an hour just doing some brief testing of about 10 cars.  A bunch of race cars around 500PP and a bunch of FR sports cars (no downforce) around 550-600PP.  I tested them all on race hard tires.

Which would you guys prefer for the next one?  Slower race cars lapping mid to high 1:5x's topping out around 160 mph or fast sports cars lapping high 1:4x's topping out around 180 mph?

Make your choice....but I won't reveal which cars are in each group until after it's been decided, bwahahahaha


I vote for SPORTS CARS 

[RickS95]

I'd prefer the faster, RWD cars running 1:4X and 180 MPH.  However, there would likely be less carnage with the slower cars.  I know the bus stop ended some races on the first lap the other night.  I think I even remember Hey asking if we needed to restart.

Even slower cars can be fun to drive and I think fun is the operative word.  I'd rather not get into the classic cars to much as 90 minutes of fighting with a car doesn't do much for me.

[Wolfpack987]

I might be online tonight testing, after 8pm EST.  If you want to join in PM me and I'll say which cars you should show up with 

[Wolfpack987]

Okay there hasn't been much activity in this thread of late, so I'll post up the 2 possibilities I was thinking for the next race.

High Revving Hondas:
-RM Civic Type R
-RM Integra Type R
-S2000 race car (which one I'm not sure)
PP set around 500 for the FWD cars, probably around 475-480 for the S2000.
-Race hard Tires, tire wear set for fast.

*This one would require a fair amount of testing, mainly for tire wear, to make sure the S2000 doesn't have an advantage.

Gentlemen's Racers - showroom stock
-Corvette ZR1 '09
-Corvette Z06 '06
-Lexus LFA
-Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
-Mercedes-Benz SLR AMG
-no modifications allowed
-race hard tires

*If there is another Premium dealership FR exotic that anyone would like to be included or considered please let me know (but don't ask about the Viper ACR).  And to repeat, only front engine, rear wheel drive coupes. 

**I swapped out the ZR1 for the Z06.  It seems like a better fit and can turn laps in the 1:49 range, which puts it on equal footing as the other cars.

[dlrws6]

^ Both sound like fun.  I almost want to lean toward the FWD race cars. I can't think of the last time I did more than a 5 lap race in one. I think out of either choice it would actually be the most different from the last two races.

On the other hand, as Wednesday night and last weeks TOC proved, showroom stock exotics are fun too.

Oohh, any chance the ACR Viper could be included.      

In all seriousness, well... what little I can muster, I'll vote for choice 2.

[TunaPhreak]

I just want to officially post my apology for the last race, both my performance  and my surroundings.  I mean I had fun as I got way tipsier than expected at the beginning of the race, but I know I could of certainly been a distraction to many.  It started out as having a couple of friends over for dinner, and by the halfway point turned into a full out party, which I wasn't expecting when I started the race.

I had mentioned pre-race if anyone found my side of the voice chat distracting/annoying/anything please let me know and I'd happily shut it down.  Not sure if no one asked, or I just missed it, but again, sorry to anyone I may have upset during the last run.

[dlrws6]

LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking