Contracted drivers...and sponsored drivers. Then, different region/country has different requirment. Big different....
As far as I was told from those who did attended the TITC including Scotty himself.....track (on ground) are 70*c, that is close to 160*F on ground. If they can mount a refrigerator above the speedo, they will do that.
"THAT" person...using SP heat sink and fan and even stickers around his TEKIN probably is for only 1 reason - cool down the speedo. My concern is...was he contracted/instructed to use ONLY SPEED PASSION speed control at TITC...?
Was he using SP speedo on the qualifier then switch to Tekin? Or he was using Tekin since day 1 at TITC.........?
May be his "requirment" was not enforcing him MUST use Speed Passion speed controller at all....may be he is only required to use at leas 1 item on his car, like the Speed Passion motor and batteries.
Someone will investigated that very soon....and please don't make this a big deal. It was only a STOCK class. We don't see this happened on the PRO-Mod level.
I can ensure this...the upcoming 02XX, 02XX softwares would not disappoint the current GT2 and GT2.1 owner if running STOCK...ask yourself this, 'HOW FAST CAN YOU GO" and "I need DRAG BRAKE PLEASE".....
I have multiple phone calls and emails telling me this is the Tekin killer (or at least equivalent) in 13.5 and 17.5 classes..........and sorry to say that, if that is true, it will be banned from some track or races just like Tekin does except 13.5.
Don't create a DRAMA because of this race or this driver or this incident...the important thing is, does the new software up to par with the stock competition aka TEKIN V203 domination? They answered the question...someone said it was the fastest car out there. They didn't win...but winning is not necessary because you have the fastest car....remember, they were testing the software @ the race, not like they have the software a month ahead and do the testing. They use it the 1st day and fine tune it till the end of the event...
I will let SHAWN and hopefully Adam to finish the rest....Out.