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.

[RichardP]

Mathematically, the Fords have a better power to weight ratio. In theory, this was done to compensate for reduced handling/cornering speed and come out with equal lap times. I think the platforms are reasonably close in this aspect.

From a racing perspective, when two cars are equally capable of producing the same lap time, the car with the better power to weight ratio has an advantage in passing and preventing being passed. The difference in CMC is subtle but I’m sure we’ve all experienced more extreme examples of this. You come up on a car with a big motor that you are say two seconds a lap faster than. Getting past is an exercise in frustration. He can take full advantage of his strengths on the straight but when he parks it in the corner, you can’t take advantage of your cornering advantage because he is physically in your way. It takes really exact positional timing to pull it off even though he quickly fades from the rear view mirror once you do pull it off…

Richard P.

[Daniel Allford]

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

Richard P. Mathematically, the Fords have a better power to weight ratio. In theory, this was done to compensate for reduced handling/cornering speed and come out with equal lap times. I think the platforms are reasonably close in this aspect.

From a racing perspective, when two cars are equally capable of producing the same lap time, the car with the better power to weight ratio has an advantage in passing and preventing being passed. The difference in CMC is subtle but I’m sure we’ve all experienced more extreme examples of this. You come up on a car with a big motor that you are say two seconds a lap faster than. Getting past is an exercise in frustration. He can take full advantage of his strengths on the straight but when he parks it in the corner, you can’t take advantage of your cornering advantage because he is physically in your way. It takes really exact positional timing to pull it off even though he quickly fades from the rear view mirror once you do pull it off..


Been there, done that.
Dan