Originally Posted by
ammdrew
"t/a
21.5 lipo tq & win
Mike Haynes #1 37 8:02.386 12.657
4 cell 17.5 finished 2nd
Mike Collins #2 37 8:12.338 13.043
finished 3rd 21.5 lipo
Chris Goetz #6 36 8:01.787 12.822"
ok I do not see how this is close. The comment that the 2nd driver was very close at the end is accurate but if you look at the fast lap you have a .4 spread.. that is huge. The drivers ability to put the laps back to back is what will get you the win so you have some driver error on the winner.. 37 laps at .4 faster = 14.8 seconds providing both drivers are driving at top form.
you also have a .2 spread from second to 3rd were thid had the advantage but did not capitlize on it. a 7.4 second advantage that was given up on the corner dots or inconsistent driving.
when the power plants are equal and the driving skills are all similar you will see .01 .04 in fastest lap diffs. Much more like this
Driver's Name Total Laps Total Time Fastest Lap On Lap Avg. Lap Time Status
1 1 Aaron Bahner 51 00:08:05.612 00:08.793 39 09.521 Done!
2 3 Jeff Brustad 49 00:08:00.569 00:08.835 28 09.807 Done!
3 5 Sandy Schwartz 49 00:08:06.795 00:08.791 49 09.934 Done!
4 4 Joe Zair Jr 47 00:08:00.959 00:08.824 20 10.233 Done!
5 2 Joe Zaier 47 00:08:06.603 00:08.843 31 10.353 Do
fastest laps 8.793 8.835 8.791 8.824 8.843
The end result winner put two laps on the field by being consistent but not by being faster.
You can't compare mike haynes car to mike collins, collins ran an old tc3, and haynes had a new losi, with the same setup as his tq and class winning rubber tire car. In the rubber class mike haynes was 1st and collins was 9th, big difference in fast lap ability. But for Mike collins to be that close, says something good for the closeness in the power plants.
either way if you want to slow down the 21.5 that is fine, but lets start to encourage a move to lipo for everyone, then this won't be an issue, the cars where pretty fast, very controllable for me, but it might be a handful for a beginner.
Also Tri-state raceway has 21.5 novaks available 513-889-3954 they will be open wednesday. Also try lefthander r/c or any of the bigger oval supply sites. they are out there, I think the oval guys are prolly snatching them all up. 21.5 lipo is going to be the big oval class this year.
OK, so who is making it to cincy to run t/a sunday, great track.