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Originally Posted by NevadaSTi
Two cases in point here, at Hawthorne I got my ass kicked by an STi on V710's. I couldn't come close to matching his times.
Poiunt number two, Pat Riley's S2000. For the whole season he has ran on race tires. I can usually come within 1.5 second of his time. Which gives me the win due to the T modifier. Then on Sunday at Squaw Valley, Pat ran on his street tires. Pat was in average of tow seconds behind me. So, based on this unscientific analysis. I would say that race tires do give you an advantage. In Pat's case, it would seem to give him a 3.5 second faster car.
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Agh! I see these kinds of comparisons, and it makes me break out into PMS! At least you qualified it by saying it was an unscientific analysis.
Pat has a RWD and you have an AWD. For Squaw we were at elevation, I think the turbo cars 'suffered' a bit less than non-aspirated. Course layout sometimes affects lap times. Condition of tires, condition of the driver (
), suspension setup, etc etc etc, affect lap times.
Unless you have quite a bit more data I'd have to take the comment '... give him a 3.5 second faster car" with a grain of salt. No offense.