Perfect Start

jimpastorius · **Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:42 am

A nice way to start a race :-)

RobLupella · **Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:57 pm

Finish...?

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:05 pm

RobLupella wrote:

Finish...?

My guess is that pic has something to do withthis.

RobLupella · **Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2010 5:28 pm

Oh, Congrats on maintaining your advantage :thumbsup:

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:13 pm

Great picture BTW

Kevin Harvey · **Posted:** Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:04 am

What'd you do, slam the brakes going into T1 and back up the field? LOL. Just Kidding!

Congrats again. Your hard work is paying off.

-Kevin

Kevin Harvey · **Posted:** Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:05 am

BTW, in your opinion, what is the car and setup to have nowdays in CMC? Mustang or Camaro? Foxbody or SN95? Older Camaro or newer?

-Kevin

Jason Tower · **Joined:** Wed Jun 11, 2008 3:31 pm **Posts:** 1173

Kevin Harvey wrote:

BTW, in your opinion, what is the car and setup to have nowdays in CMC? Mustang or Camaro? Foxbody or SN95? Older Camaro or newer?

-Kevin

it was only a matter of time

Kevin Harvey · **Posted:** Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:44 am

Spec e30 is also still on my mind, Jason.

Kevin Harvey · **Posted:** Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:44 am

So is making my Z06 into a T1 car. :shock:

Bernie Baake · **Posted:** Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:53 am

Kevin Harvey wrote:

What'd you do, slam the brakes going into T1 and back up the field? LOL. Just Kidding!

-Kevin

If he slammed on the brakes in turn 1 he'd be at the back of the pack, THUNDER group goes thru "T1" three abreast, so even a lift puts you back five spaces. It's really thrilling when your pinned track left trying to hold speed through the marbles!!!! looks to me like he smoked em throught T1. Great drive Jim.

Graham Jagger · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 12:53 am **Posts:** 1718

Nice work Jim!

For those asking what the best car is for that class at the moment. Hmm... shouldn't Jim's results give you an indication. Camaro :-)

Kevin Harvey · **Posted:** Fri Oct 15, 2010 11:14 am

Graham Jagger wrote:

Nice work Jim!

For those asking what the best car is for that class at the moment. Hmm... shouldn't Jim's results give you an indication. Camaro :-)

It was for that day, obviously. I am asking overall, at all the tracks.

jimpastorius · **Posted:** Fri Oct 15, 2010 11:42 am

Kevin Harvey wrote:

What'd you do, slam the brakes going into T1 and back up the field? LOL. Just Kidding!-Kevin

There are people that pull that kind of crap. You will sometimes get guys that will do a brake check coming down to the green.

Since I was on the pole, I had to maintain the pace car speed coming to the green flag. I did pick it up slightly to get the LT1 to 3400 RPM in third gear and held it there. The outside of the front row was another LT1. Behind us were the 4.6L Mustangs. Either they had to run top of 2nd gear or if in 3rd, they were no match for the LT1's...our torque curve is flat and straight.

So it was a drag race into turn one. I knew the Mustangs could not drive up between us. So I just had to get through turn 1 well...not brake to late and over shoot. Brake too early, and next thing you know you are three wide and that is bad.

I got a great jump out of turn 1 while the guys behind me duked it out through 2-5.

There is a lot of thinking and plotting that goes into a start. Especially with equally powered cars, it is very important. This year it has been either starting dead last or on the pole. Starting dead last is a lot of fun, but the best I can do usually is get to second or third at the end of the race.

I think JJ (the race director) caught on to some of us getting a jump on the flag. I had it figured out where we would be when the flag would drop. The last race at Summit, they changed it up and it bit me. I was up two rows and the flag had not dropped. I had to get out of the throttle and that cost me making any ground up before turn 1.

This past race, we were 3/4 way down put road before the green dropped. Usually we were 1/2 way down...

jimpastorius · **Posted:** Fri Oct 15, 2010 12:03 pm

Kevin Harvey wrote:

BTW, in your opinion, what is the car and setup to have nowdays in CMC? Mustang or Camaro? Foxbody or SN95? Older Camaro or newer?
-Kevin

Tough question. This being a spec series running 2 different manufactures and 4-5 different body styles, it still comes down to driver.

I am biased to the third gen Camaro with the LT1 in it. The LT1 makes power easy and has a nice power curve. You can get them to weight too.

4th gen Camaros have the wide track width like the third gen, but a better front suspension. But they are heavy and almost impossible to get to weight. Add to the fact, they are a pain to work on with 1/3 of the engine under the cowling.

Fox body Mustangs are slowly going away. They are simply too narrow and too tall to compete with the SN95 and up brethren. They are the lightest of all four.

I am not a Ford person, so my knowledge of Fords is limited. The 4.6L can make the power, but the curve peaks and is not smooth and flat like the LT1. The Mustangs can easily make weight.

It really comes down to the manufacture you like, how easily can you get a hold of the car and which you have more knowledge working on.

Oh, I also think the parts availability for the Fords is better than the Chevys.

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