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04-08-2007, 01:05 PM
Racingswh wrote:
It's an absolute blast to race with NASA Mid-Atlantic. It's an extremely well run group -- Chris Cobetto is the Mid-Atlantic director and does a wonderful job. Some race groups are more aggressive than others. This group that Todd is in (and I'm in) is called Stinger -- a tribute to the buzzing Honda bees
Bump drafting is legal, and car to car contact -- if no one complains, so what?? Other race groups, like Autobahn for example, which is made up of German cars, most of the classes (if not all) have a 13/13 rule so its a little less aggressive. Still more aggressive than PCA racing I think (I have no basis for this, just guessing, no flame pls), but you are not likely to have car to car contact.
I'm in the process of putting together a 1987 BMW 325i to compete in the Spec e30 series -- this is a series where the cars are strictly controlled, spec springs, struts, sways, etc... and at this past race weekend they fielded 26 cars!!
Their DE is run at the same events as the races -- one aspect that makes the DE very fun is that, for advanced students/instructors, they allow passing in the turns! They have been doing this for a couple of years with great results. You still have to give hand signals, so if you don't know the guy behind you or aren't comfortable with his/her skills, don't give a signal. If it were Bob coming up behind me, sure go ahead and pass me on the inside at Hogpen I'll repass on the exit. I highly recommend a DE event with NASA Mid-Atlantic for anyone wanting to do extra events at VIR or Summit.
Quote:bobt993 wrote:Quote: I dissagree with your assessment of Red/Black RTR run groups as slow in comparison to NASA challenge series drivers.That's not what I was saying Bob. Sorry you took it that way. RTR is faster overall by a good bit. I know because I drive in both series. The fastest guys and girls in our Red run group are exceptionally fast with times that would place them on pole in the fastest race group at NASA events.
It was just a statement of pace and not a comparison about who is better or not.
It's an absolute blast to race with NASA Mid-Atlantic. It's an extremely well run group -- Chris Cobetto is the Mid-Atlantic director and does a wonderful job. Some race groups are more aggressive than others. This group that Todd is in (and I'm in) is called Stinger -- a tribute to the buzzing Honda bees
Bump drafting is legal, and car to car contact -- if no one complains, so what?? Other race groups, like Autobahn for example, which is made up of German cars, most of the classes (if not all) have a 13/13 rule so its a little less aggressive. Still more aggressive than PCA racing I think (I have no basis for this, just guessing, no flame pls), but you are not likely to have car to car contact.I'm in the process of putting together a 1987 BMW 325i to compete in the Spec e30 series -- this is a series where the cars are strictly controlled, spec springs, struts, sways, etc... and at this past race weekend they fielded 26 cars!!
Their DE is run at the same events as the races -- one aspect that makes the DE very fun is that, for advanced students/instructors, they allow passing in the turns! They have been doing this for a couple of years with great results. You still have to give hand signals, so if you don't know the guy behind you or aren't comfortable with his/her skills, don't give a signal. If it were Bob coming up behind me, sure go ahead and pass me on the inside at Hogpen
I'll repass on the exit. I highly recommend a DE event with NASA Mid-Atlantic for anyone wanting to do extra events at VIR or Summit.