Dallas National Street Tire Challenge, 6/4/11, Mineral Wells

[2zzmr2]

Also, will there be enough XL or XXL shirts? lol, not sure which one i'll need.

[ratt_finkel]

Jon and I will be both be there. But I refuse to use paypal.

[CosmosMpower]

Registered, XP pax ftl.

Would a stock class car on street tires have the best shot, PAX wise? I know XP cars probably won't be competitive on street tires.

[Robert]

Would a stock class car on street tires have the best shot, PAX wise? I know XP cars probably won't be competitive on street tires.

I tend to think so. The slower the better, I believe that the slow cars slow down less on street tires than fast cars. Kind of like rain events that bring cars much closer on times.

[nomadtrash]

As I see it, there are three steps on the competition tire step ladder. Street tire, DOT racing tire, and slicks. A DOT tire might be 10% faster than a street tire and a slick might be 10% faster than a DOT tire. If you put all the cars on street tires then the DOT cars only have to go down 1 step. The slick cars have to go down 2 steps. PAX numbers are based on the step you started on. The slick cars are at a disadvantage. Of course, a really good driver in a really good P or M car might be able to pull it off anyway. Think of John Thomas in the E Prepared Civic on street tires.

[slates]

If you look at the Milwaukee Region SCCA results for 2011 you can see where some of the quicker street tire guys end up with a .975 multiplier applied to their PAX. I think the differential between street tires and Hoosiers is more like 2.5% to 5% depending as Robert noted on the car.

Also, look at the 2009 and 2010 NSTC results in Milwaukee, the ST cars do quite well on their prepared index. The overall winner in both years, however, came from the stock classes in a RWD car. It will be interesting to see what happens in a couple of weeks.

PS. Sorry about the PayPal Jeremy.

[Steve E]

Anyway to see the entry list without having to create an account?

[slates]

No, sorry. You need to set up an account to view the entry list.

[jrj512]

Here is the course.

[ken o]

I could bring the 335i in DS pax.

[jrj512]

I could bring the 335i in DS pax.

It's still a week off. You'll have sold it by then.

[autoxmax]

Here is the course.

Like a Divisional, Sunday's TX Region course will be basically the opposite direction.

Saturday & Sunday schedule:

7:30am - 8:30am Registration & Tech Inspection Open
8:00am - 9:00am Course open for walking
8:30am (approx) Novice Walk Thru
9:00am (approx) Mandatory Drivers Meeting
9:30am (approx) 1st heat Drivers in Grid, 1st heat Workers on course, First Car Out!

The Saturday Evening Party will be roughly 30 - 40 minutes after runs are done for the day.

[ken o]

It's still a week off. You'll have sold it by then.

Nah, new M will not be here yet.

[jrj512]

Looks like clear (if hot) weather.

[brandonmpace]

Registered.

[POS Racing]

Registered.

+1!

[wmr]

+1!

++1

[Robert]

Looks like a very fun course! Looking forward to the event.

[mwortham]

Hi Jeff,

I just registered and I'm looking forward to the event, it'll be a blast I'm sure! For a two driver car do we have to add 100 to the base car number? Or can we use #26 and #92 for example? (we don't have a matching #1 to put on the car)

Also, out of curiosity will the grid be run in numerical order?

[wrx74]

Registered