June is up....
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Bill Miller
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Which is essentially spec line weight - 180# (avg. driver weight, but I want to know who they're using for that avg! 
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Oh I eat well and drink beer, but I hit the gym 3x a week to maintain my coushined 175# (im 5'6" I should be like 150.)
So if I could cut back on the beer and go with the 10oz ny strip instead of the 14oz with a loaded baked potatoe maybe I can justify another 25# ballast in the car.
So if I could cut back on the beer and go with the 10oz ny strip instead of the 14oz with a loaded baked potatoe maybe I can justify another 25# ballast in the car.
I do the gym thing, too, but I've got 5 inches on you. At 170 (two yrs ago) my car was 5lbs over...dry. But then I started eating again. Last time I weighed us, I was told that if I came in under, they would have to erase my qualifying times. I thought I was going to hurt myself laughing!
gotcha. no I actually was 90# under first school when I rolled on the scales. I got 80# in the car and run more then 1/8 tank of fuel when I get off the track. I will likely add a 25# plate for the glen and VIR, I didnt like how the car drove with nearly a full gas tank vs a half tank.
erlrich
Super Moderator
Ok - enough already :angry:
Those of us who have to carefully measure the amount of gas we start a race with so we finish with just a few teaspoons left officially hate you guys now. Geez, my left leg weighs more than you do James.
Btw, are you gonna be back together for MARRS IV?
orlando_wrx
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Quite the contrary, copy/pasted from the GCR:
D. For purposes of determining tubing sizes, the vehicle weight
is as raced without fuel and driver. The minus tolerance
for wall thickness should not be less than .010” below the
nominal thickness. Improved Touring roll cage tubing sizes are to be calculated
based on the published vehicle weight minus 180 lbs."
shwah
New member
Never noticed that section of 18.6.D referring to the spec line weights. Why specify the recommended tubing for car weight ranges, and on the next page say that the car can weigh whatever you want for that tubing size that fits your spec line? Not sure how the ink on the page in the ITCS affects roll cage performance, but apparantly it does so more than the mass of the car 
. (and no this does not bug me at all, but I do find it funny)
So, I made the mistake of trying to apply logic to the rule, and believed that the actual car weight would be considered for tubing size. That would be why my last post made no sense.
. (and no this does not bug me at all, but I do find it funny)So, I made the mistake of trying to apply logic to the rule, and believed that the actual car weight would be considered for tubing size. That would be why my last post made no sense.
