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Originally Posted by garagelogic
Different car, different day, different conditions; go figure.  How can one magazine get a 12.4 of of the 2010 GT500 and another get a 12.8? Was the GT500 being rated worse than it was before? No. Anybody who has actually raced their car where they hand out timeslips will tell you that the same exact car making the same exact power will register different performance numbers due to variations in conditions. |
Yes but they are hitting the same traps. The conditions were no worse for performance...only a traction problem
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Originally Posted by Sax1031
Not exactly true. The weather and DA could be roughly the same meaning the engine was making the same hp for each race but then you have to factor in the track surface along with other variables.
Trap speed is not nearly as dependent on track/surface conditions as ET.
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Yes I know...thats why I said LAUNCH and or driver. The launch and or driver is effected by the track conditions...didn't think I had to spell it out.