Originally Posted by 03threefiftyz With all due respect, I somewhat disagree. I think he can do reasonable (bottom of the trophies) well in ASP, if he is willing to build
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11-20-2012, 08:59 PM | #16 (permalink) |
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fwiw Tim Moyer is moving to CS next year and Alex Jones has talked about selling the Solstice so he may or may not be in ASP next year so that at least takes a couple trophy contenders out of the ASP mix.
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Just saying these cars are though to make competitive in ASP.
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http://www.americanauto-x.com/result...ID=164&Sort=OA Here is vid of Ford GT I was in similar time bracket. Fast Mary Pozzi, Mike Maier and the Ford GT auto-x runs at Marina - YouTube
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No, not even one of the resident aliens is getting a CS/BS 370 in the trophies at Nats in ASP. Not Heitkotter, Daddio, etc.
I've beaten Martin Kirz more than he beat me this year I believe, and he finished 6th. I also ran quicker times in the challenge at the toledo pro than Alex Jones did in his solstice, who was 4th at Nationals. There is no reason an ASP 370z should be slower than my car. I had a pretty poor showing at Nats, which was somewhat unfortunate. I do, however, believe that a 350z in BSP is a better platform than the 370 in ASP. |
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SP 350 z has some advantages in ax over 370z in my opinion. I own both cars. I'd put money on Brian getting darn close to back end of ASP trophies in a BS Nismo. My car in BS trim was pretty darn quick. Not much slower than SP trim. But then he isn't mortal
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Trophying at Nats in a stock car in SP it not happening. I was 4 seconds (over two days) away from the last trophy spot in ASP. Only 1 second away from the last BSP trophy though.
I think that result tells you about all you need to know about the 370 in ASP. The car is not getting that much faster in SP trim.
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I was referring to the leaders who were another 4 seconds ahead of the final trophy spots.
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I will continue my ASP effort. I will say, at Nat's this year, for me was like taking a knife to a gun fight. In all fairness I spent this summer working on the tough stuff like eliminating fuel starvation. In other words, I was in ASP with factory shocks and springs.
I did see potential in the Z. My first run was competitive, but as my tires came into their own, the track demanded more than my suspension could deliver, and the field walked away. There's hope with....A lot of ASP sorting and driver improvements. Full circle, CS is still the class for our cars. But as I stated, I'm stubborn and as long as I continue to climb in the results year over year, I can tolerate defeat at this level. I will (as would most drivers) be happy with a trophy at Nat's.
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