Houston National Tour - Baytown, TX March 19-20

[ken o]

Congratulations to all the winners!!

[POS Racing]

Congratulations to all the winners!!

+1!

[OZMDD]

Thanks guys. Got a lot of advice and support from the TX Region veterans who were there. The competition in STR was exhilarating. Stan and Sue were right on my tail, so I think the class is going to be fun locally as well as at the big events. 5 different cars were among the competitive rides:

5-speed NC Miata
6-speed NC Miata
NB Miata
S2000 (reg & CR)
MR Spyder

It definitely looks like the NB is going to be capable of being a lot more competitive than some people thought, especially on a tight course. Sean needs to find a 5-speed for his!

[sube]

Great job by OZMDD. The lot was notably less grippy than LSP last weekend, which threw our setup out the window, but good challenging courses for sure. And wonderfully mild weather :)

The weather was great! I think that was the first time that I was in the Houston area and thought "they have really nice, mild weather here".

Now the question in the house this week "which setup do we take to MW for the Pro this weekend..."

[Clovis]

Good job guys...

Why is FP under appeal???

[goofygrin]

Foley's car is BSP I think unless something funky has happened. My guess is something to do with Mark's car.

[nealb]

Good job guys...

Why is FP under appeal???

Jeremy entered FP. Jon entered XP. otherwise, they were the only two entered in BSP.

He got protested alleging he was illegal for FP because he didn't have a restrictor in the intake system

PC found him illegal and DSQed him

[miata_racer]

crappy part is the restrictor is BIGGER than the inlet on his turbo...kinda a BS ruling by the PC IMO...

I believe he's appealing...it's pretty cut and dry. The intent of the inlet restrictor is to restrict the flow. Now whether that's done via inline restrictor or the size of the turbo inlet shouldn't matter. Rotrex uses inlet inserts for restrictors on their SC systems for example.

[Steve E]

so Steve, that is two Houston Region events in a row that you aren't thrilled with

will there be more?

Nope, I'm done. Only went to this one because because it was a Tour and we could not commit to making Blytheville.

[nealb]

crappy part is the restrictor is BIGGER than the inlet on his turbo...kinda a BS ruling by the PC IMO...

I believe he's appealing...it's pretty cut and dry. The intent of the inlet restrictor is to restrict the flow. Now whether that's done via inline restrictor or the size of the turbo inlet shouldn't matter. Rotrex uses inlet inserts for restrictors on their SC systems for example.

I was a member of the Appeals board up till December 31

I know the Board and their charter and how they will act and I will take bets that he does not get a zero penalty ruling

however, if the logic of the rules is upside down with the reality of the OEM inlet size, they could reduce the severity of the penalty