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Re: SM2 at Topeka

To: tholt@ccsi.com
Subject: Re: SM2 at Topeka
From: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@winchell.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 13:18:18 -0700 (PDT)
>I'll save you the trouble... It was raining lightly on AP on the first
>day. Fordahl's co driver  tried slicks on his first run and they quickly
>realized they weren't the ticket. So... they plugged in the airjacks and and
>swapped over to rains. His car was the only one on true rains. Craig Nagler
> hand grooved a set of slicks for his BMW, which arguably was, and still is,
>prepped to the limits of the rules.

The airjacks within the car are cool, but not necessary to switch tires between 
drivers.
You can do it low tech too. Of course, if one person brought true rain tires 
and the other
didn't.... well then whose fault is that?

>Compare Janish's south course (I think) run to Fordahl's... THAT is a
>legitimate comparison... Fordahl 55.078, Janish 58.243.

Thanks for the numbers. I'm sure Mark Andy will find a convenient way to ignore 
them
too.... anything to ignore the reality that CP is soft.

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