I had aspirations of creating a CMC YouTube Channel. This is in the same ballpark
I had aspirations of creating a CMC YouTube Channel. This is in the same ballpark
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-Dylan
3rd Gen CMC Wannabee
Saw some great racing so congrats to all who made it on track but none more than Kevin Jander for winning DE (twice in the same year!), National Champion, King of the Hillbillies, best beard, quickest tire changer, and the list goes on and on.
Congrats to CMC for once again having the second biggest class at a NASA event even though they think we are dying or want to get rid of us. I had a great time at the track seeing everyone and getting excited to get ready for Hallett.
Awesome seeing the performance of the Falken Tire Test as the tire is certainly fast enough and showed it could race even into double digit heat cycles. Looking forward to more feedback but the instant feedback I heard after R2 was outstanding. Definitely warrants more testing but looks extremely promising as this could cut tire budget between 60-75%. Thanks to those who took the chance on this so far.
Bryan Leinart
CMC #24
"Awesome seeing the performance of the Falken Tire Test as the tire is certainly fast enough and showed it could race even into double digit heat cycles. Looking forward to more feedback but the instant feedback I heard after R2 was outstanding. Definitely warrants more testing but looks extremely promising as this could cut tire budget between 60-75%. Thanks to those who took the chance on this so far".
I just wish the tire being tested was a Toyo tire. I'm not sure I see the way to make any other tire work as far as NASA and Toyo are concerned.
Jerry
True-the Falkens fastest lap were half a second slower than you were in R2 and R4 but I don't know if that was due to the tires or driving. What do you and Mosty's lap times look like compared to the winners on stickers other than being maybe a second slower but still competitive?
I wasn't aware you did a back to back test on the same car/driver/conditions/pressures being optimal? So not sure what your definition of "competitive" is but might guess they were as competitively slower compared to the Falken.
Clearly you have an issue with any consideration for a different tire and that's fine but you are in the minority as it appears everyone other than maybe the directors are interested in finding a better tire. I believe Sook is correct that sticker Toyo's decisively won the Toyo races and some of the traditional trophy girls on heat cycled RR's weren't competitive with the stickers.
Jerry-remember there is AIX which we can all run in and follow every rule of CMC other than the tire being a Falken. I doubt Will is going to turn down $5,000 in entry fees for every event from the second largest class in NASA TX.
Curious to see who all is interested in running Falkens the whole weekend at Hallett.
Bryan Leinart
CMC #24
The point of a spec tire is that everyone has equal tires to race on. Their performance compared to other brands is irrelevant. There is no need for them to be competitive with Toyos. If anything, I think most people were shocked how fast the test tires were. One of the reasons for going to a different tire is the hope that they have less grip so we would break fewer parts. We are seriously abusing very old cars that were never meant to handle the loads we are placing on them.
Richard P.
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