Stick cars at Indy

G Schenck · 09-07-2010, 01:08 AM

Gary Waldo won last year in E/S.

Greg

Dwight Southerland · 09-07-2010, 08:34 AM

Statistically, stick cars win more in relation to their population numbers than automatic cars. A factor in that analysis is the quality of the racers who choose to race a stick, which may be more of a factor than any inherent advantage a clutch car has.

X-TECH MAN · 09-07-2010, 09:08 AM

Just wait until some of the DP's change over to a stick not to mention the Mustangs due to the AHFS factoring. Remember when an auto combo gets a hit the stick combo stays the same.

Michael Beard · 09-08-2010, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

Just wait until some of the DP's change over to a stick not to mention the Mustangs due to the AHFS factoring. Remember when an auto combo gets a hit the stick combo stays the same.

I don't know much about engine building... man! Must be a huge investment to have both an automatic engine dyno and a stick-shift engine dyno...

It would only even *start* to make sense to have different HP factors for the exact same engine *maybe* if sticks and autos were run together.

X-TECH MAN · 09-08-2010, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Michael Beard

I don't know much about engine building... man! Must be a huge investment to have both an automatic engine dyno and a stick-shift engine dyno...

It would only even *start* to make sense to have different HP factors for the exact same engine *maybe* if sticks and autos were run together.

Well the AHFS only affects the combo that trips the triggers. I still think stick and autos should run heads up and the lower class smaller engine combos getting a small wt. break. Less classes....more heads up runs. Not so much bracket racing.

Jeff Lee · 09-08-2010, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by x-tech man

well the ahfs only affects the combo that trips the triggers. I still think stick and autos should run heads up and the lower class smaller engine combos getting a small wt. Break. Less classes....more heads up runs. Not so much bracket racing.

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Pvt Parts · 09-07-2010, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland

Statistically, stick cars win more in relation to their population numbers than automatic cars. A factor in that analysis is the quality of the racers who choose to race a stick, which may be more of a factor than any inherent advantage a clutch car has.

It couldn't have been said any better.

Dwight Southerland · 09-08-2010, 08:52 AM

Pvt Parts - Yo, Scott! Whacha up to?!? I thought you were dead or in Singapore or something!?!

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