FWIW, and it's not a good excuse, I didn't wear my firesuit Sunday b/c it was making me and everyone around me miserable. After a 3 hour stint with no cool suit in July at Barber our car broke, I threw it in its bag, and then forgot about it so it smelled like deeeaaattthhhh.

On a lighter note, official results are out. 3rd place in TTE would have been national champion in D. Hah.

 

 

What is the E record at Roebling?

 

1:23.7

..helps if I look at the right track. .5s slower than the SM record that was set on the same weekend.

 

 

What the tires was Marcus on for the record lap?

 

 

Perma-record cannibalism going on over here. Not sure if should root for you to beat Marcus's record or against you so he keeps it...lol

 

I got that TTE perma-record for Barber, even though it was weak!

IIRC the 1:22.2 was on fresh R7s, so about 4 HC when the time was set. I actually only turned a 1:22.5 at ~130rwhp, 700/400 in 2016. It was the wheel-man Cathers that turned the official 1:22.2xx and managed a 1:21.7xx in the Sunday morning golden session BUT had a 4-off :sadtrombone:


I think high 1:20s is possible in my car now with the right conditions. Roebling drives WAY better than it looks on video. It seems like an easy track to pick up big chunks, but takes some time to chisel away at the 1/10ths. Then you have aliens that get there first time there...... Luke could very well take the record!

 

Ahhh, sweepers on sweepers on sweeprs. My favorite kind of track.

 

You guys going to make it up to VIR in October? Last chance to take down the fairly soft PTE qual/race records.

OG Racing discount expires tomorrow.

 

 

Welp, I ain't gonna make it to NOLA and my last shot at a win/record. So long TTE, on-ward to ST.

 

That's a pretty sweet pic!

I'm heading to NCM this weekend in attempts to grab the TTE record there. It's a 2:22-something with a PTE record of 2:19-something. So I know my car can get it done, but let's see if I can get there. Fingers crossed for decent enough weather, rain is possible all weekend.

 

Congrats to all the TTE drivers, your records that will forever stay in the books. TTE took a big hit up in the northeast. I hope TT6 gets some people back.

 

Well, no record at NCM for me. Record for TTE is a 2:22.2xx, I only managed a 2.23.5xx. Maybe I could have snatched it if I did NCM before. It's a fairly technical track so a tad harder to pick up. Still won TTE for the weekend, 5-7 in class too so that's cool. Track is a lot of fun too.

Obvious time on the table:


2:20s in my car for sure. PTE/TTE coulda gotten into the high 2:18s maybe. We'll see how ST6/TT6 goes next year there!

 

All good things must come to an end... Or so they say. RIP Performance Touring.

 

To be fair, I think the ST ruleset is more "good" than PT ever was. Safer, faster car for less money up front with a decrease in consumables cost to boot. That's a win.

That it's easier for a racer to build a competitive car despite potentially being ah, "challenged" to read and interpret rules well bodes well for the future health of ST.

PT was a morass of teams that could interpret rules better than others against teams that simply punched the easy button; showed up, got their asses handed to them and never came back.

 

I like the ST rules myself, but then again, my NA8 could never be properly built to the limits of TTE and still had stock sways, gross. ST ruleset is easy and produced a more fun car that's just as fast (daily driver that's outpacing NASA SM). As much bitching as people do about the a-arm hit I have yet to see it manifest on track in 6. Until it does I'm not much worried about it.

 

ST > PT

Good riddance, won't miss it.