CO-drive for PRO class?

tscott · Post by **tscott** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:03 pm

John Brown wrote:So Tyler,you coming to Pro class??

I may if I don' t get any SM2 competition.

Mark McCrary · Post by **Mark McCrary** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:21 pm

Tony, I don't car if you run ESP pax. The more the better. If you are a regional champ there is no reason why anyone should not run pro. The competition is fun and will make you faster. I hope to see a big turn out this year in Pro. I am not sure how many events I will make this year. It sure will not be all of them like the last 3 years.

TonyBolton · Post by **TonyBolton** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:33 pm

Mark McCrary wrote:Tony, I don't car if you run ESP pax. The more the better. If you are a regional champ there is no reason why anyone should not run pro. The competition is fun and will make you faster. I hope to see a big turn out this year in Pro. I am not sure how many events I will make this year. It sure will not be all of them like the last 3 years.

In all honesty, I would run PRO in a heartbeat IF we had a course/layout like the TRSCCA folk do at the Superspeedway. I understand a good driver will make the best of a situation, but with PRO consisting of small cars with small displacement motors, it's like i'm bringing a knife to a gunfight.

I just need more room to use the other 4cyl's my car has, this is one reason I like the 411 banked oval soo well. For me to finish respectable in a PRO ESP/SM class, I'd hafta put about 1 to 1.5 seconds ON TOP of Carpenter/Brown/Disney/McCrary. I don't see that happening on our event sites.

I guess since Pilson and I had such a good back/forth run this past year, and he says SM will be getting faster, i'll just buzz around in SM another year. I think Curt made a post about a C0-drive in his MINI, that right there would be a good ride for me, but im just not really feeling the FWD, but I'd try it I suppose.

tnturbo · Post by **tnturbo** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:35 pm

If you don't joint the SCCA, none of it really matters anyway

TonyBolton · Post by **TonyBolton** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:03 pm

tnturbo wrote:If you don't joint the SCCA, none of it really matters anyway

I'm like, gonna like, sign up at the first event, that way I get that event free.

John Brown · Post by **John Brown** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:56 am

Actually ,Tony..
you could be appx 1.2 sec slower than dp time and still win.

you can do that...come on up.

jb

TedV · Post by **TedV** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 1:50 pm

MARKP wrote: I have a sneaky suspicion that SM will be getting faster next year anyway. You might still have your hands full there.

SM gonna get faster?? Tony actually gonna join? Better just take $20 to Wal Mart and get a new jacket.

come on Tony... try a FWD... I wanna hear ya scream "How do you make it TURN????"

MARKP · Post by **MARKP** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:22 pm

TedV wrote:come on Tony... try a FWD... I wanna hear ya scream "How do you make it TURN????"

Actually, most people probably don't remember Tony's supercharged Integra. Usually, when driving that car, he was screaming, "How do you make the back end stay behind the front?"

JW · Post by JW » Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:35 pm

TonyBolton · Post by **TonyBolton** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:49 pm

MARKP wrote: "How do you make the back end stay behind the front?"

Yup, and I remember Carpenter telling me to "STAY IN THE GAS DAMNIT, AND QUIT TRYIN TO SHOWOFF". I learned my lesson there......I just have a ton more fun in the Mustang. Plus, it covers up alota my ametuer-istic mistakes on the course with its torque/power.

steverife · Post by **steverife** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:57 pm

TedV wrote: come on Tony... try a FWD... I wanna hear ya scream "How do you make it TURN????"

wasn't that what you were saying when you were driving Jeff's Cobra?

MARKP · Post by **MARKP** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:05 pm

not cbring wrote:wasn't that what you were saying when you were driving Jeff's Cobra?

You can take the boy out of the FWD car but you can't take the FWD car out of the boy.

tnturbo · Post by **tnturbo** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:44 pm

That is EXACTLY what he was saying when he drove my car.

TedV · Post by **TedV** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 6:41 pm

tnturbo wrote:That is EXACTLY what he was saying when he drove my car.

Hellyeah I was.

I sounded just like Jim Hawkins driving my car many moons ago. I could have made it turn, but with that low rear gear, it would have been dang slow in reverse.

not sure if it's the car(too small of tires that day&crapy pavement), driver, or both that needs a lil work for the corners(I know I do), but OMG that Cobra handles the straights awesome.

tnturbo · Post by **tnturbo** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:33 pm

I think it was the little tires. It turns better with the bigger ones on it. You will have to drive it at one of this year's events.