It looked like he was waved by when you get waved by the car waving you by does not usually make a race out of it!

 

this car is badass for sure

 

Ed, when can I come back down and hope on the dyno Car is raised up somewhat, lol

 

Hey, are you going to be open on Thanksgiving? Or the Saturday or Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend?

Please say yes to all.

 

Come to the track sometime. You'll realize that among casual hobbyists it's often the driver that makes the big difference, not the car

Also the STI has very predicable handling, which helps casual track drivers build confidence, which in turn helps build speed. You'd have to really fumble/overcook things to spin an STI, even with the suspension tuned for no understeer under maintenance throttle. The STI loses grip very progressively in both under and over steer situations, and both can be corrected by very predictable adjustments to your throttle or brake inputs.

That predictability can build a false sense of confidence, which is dangerous because you can still go off in an STI. (In a place like Infineon with a lot of walls that can easily be a disaster.) The key is to use your confidence to build up speed slowly, not quickly.



Mid engined RWD cars aren't nearly as forgiving. Their rear-biased weight distribution means that when the back comes around (oversteer) it's a lot harder to bring back in line. And because of RWD + lots of power in a Ferrari, it's quite possible to use too much throttle when attempting to correct oversteer, spinning only the rear wheels and thereby probably spinning the car.

All that adds up to less confidence for most casual/hobbyist track drivers, which in turns means less speed. Then again modern Ferrari's have very fancy traction and stability control systems with track modes that are designed to keep you from spinning while pushing the car to its limits. They also have much narrower front tires than rears, again to keep them from being oversteering beasts. So maybe I shouldn't make excuses for slow Ferrari drivers



The Corvette has 50/50 weight distribution (or very close to it), but that's still more rear-biased than an STI, and everything I said about the Ferrari applies when comparing the Corvette to the STI as well.

 

Even with point-by passing the passer is almost always running faster laps. Otherwise the point-by shouldn't have happened.

But your point is a good one - track days are not races.

 

I emailed you guys.