Pairity Progress!

[Daniel Allford]

The 2013 CMC rule changes certainly had the desired effect. Even though Ford represents only 45% of the CMC field they have won 66% of the races.

Questions: Can further improvements be made? Can we completely eliminate any wins by those pesky Camaros?

2014 NASA TX CMC Season Stats

27 Different points earning competitors: 12 Ford/15 GM
24 races: 16 Ford wins/8 GM wins
11 qualifying sessions: 6 Ford wins/5 GM wins
12 races gridded on qualifying: 8 Ford wins/4 GM wins
12 inverted races: 8 Ford wins/4 GM wins
72 podium positions: 47 Ford/ 25 GM

Overall season points:
Ford in the top spot
Ford 4 of the top 5

Dan #82

[mach1]

Nice info, got any previous season stats on tap?
It would be fun to switch platforms and compare lap times.

[AllZWay]

Watch a few videos of straight away speeds and it is pretty evident of the faster car.

[mach1]

Watch a few videos of straight away speeds and it is pretty evident of the faster car.

Do you have any examples?

[Rob Liebbe]

Glad I'm rebuilding back into a Mustang, now I'm sure to win!!!!!

[Suck fumes]

Any car in the class can be fast if you build it right and can drive it to its full potential.

[MikeP99Z]

Aaron should fix this next year.

2014 NASA TX AI Season Stats

23 Different points earning competitors: 17 Ford/6 GM
24 races: 6 Ford wins/18 GM wins
11 qualifying sessions: 3 Ford wins/8 GM wins
12 races gridded on qualifying: 3 Ford wins/9 GM wins
12 inverted races: 3 Ford wins/9 GM wins
72 podium positions: 49 Ford/ 23 GM

Overall season points:
Ford in the top spot
Ford 3 of the top 5

[Suck fumes]

Still saving my pennies for the engine. Should hopefully start building in early January.

[marshall_mosty]

Mr. Patterson won every single regional race he took the green flag in for 2014 with the exception of the one rain race at TWS... The pointy end of the AI stick is still really damn pointy and I need a car sharpener if I'm going to close the gap.

[michaelmosty]

Here are the fastest laps of every event for the last 4 years:

2011
MSRH - CW 1:45.842 (J. Gunter)
MSRC 1:24.769 (G. Landrum)
TWS - CCW 1:59.155 (G. Landrum)
Hallett 1:28.961 (J. Procter)
TWS - CW 1:58.606 (S. Mulder)
ECR 2:04.731 (J. Procter)

2012
MSRH - CCW 1:46.272 (J. Procter)
MSRC 1:23.623 (C. Powell)
TWS - CCW 1:58.228 (D. Allford)
Hallett 1:28.078 (J. Procter)
ECR 2:02.457 (D. Allford)
NOLA 1:58.765 (D. Allford)

2013
MSRH - CW 1:46.381 (Mosty)
MSRC 1:23.331 (J. Procter)
TWS - CW 1:56.105 (A. McSpadden)
NOLA 1:58.451 (D. Wright)
Hallett 1:28.188 (B. Curtis)
TWS - CCW 1:58.405 (G. Landrum)
ECR 2:02.847 (B. Curtis)

2014
MSRH - CCW 1:46.981 (Mosty)
MSRC 1:23.100 (G. Landrum)
TWS - CW 1:56.979 (K. Jander)
Hallett 1:28.216 (B. Curtis)
TWS - CCW 1:57.191 (Mosty)
ECR 2:01.791 (Mosty)

For 2011 - 2012:
Ford had 1 fast laps of 12 events, Chevy had 11 fast laps of 12 events.
After 2012, there was a change to the Chevy track width and min weight.

For 2013 - 2014:
Ford had 6 fast laps of 13 events, Chevy had 7 fast laps of 13 events.

Total fast laps by a Ford (over the last 4 years): 7
Total fast laps by a Chevy (over the last 4 years): 18

The facts are the facts. Every platform has some sort of advantage over the other. The rules have been adjusted to make things much closer than they were a few years ago.

Bottom line, 11 individuals have had the fastest lap in CMC over the last 4 years of racing, for the last 25 events.
Mosty - 4 events
Landrum - 4 events
Jander - 1 event
Curtis - 3 events
Procter - 6 events
McSpadden - 1 event
Wright - 1 event
Powell - 1 event
Allford - 2 events
Gunter - 1 event
Mulder - 1 event
That is a pretty good spread IMO.