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Originally Posted by Jawnathin
Any chance you can take some pictures or post up some of the specifics from the article? I figured it would be close but did not think in anyway that a stock non-Club ND would be ahead of the Harvey NC. If what you say is true and the ND is faster in non-LSD in stock form against Harvey's NC then the rest of CS is in big trouble if that is where they put it.
I don't know where they will put the Miata, but if the results for GRM is a reliable and an accurate representation of the ND's performance then I'd think it would have to go in BS. CS is the biggest street tire class with good diversity in cars and everyone would surely bail if they can't buy or don't want to spend the money on an ND. Not sure they want to risk killing the class.
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Yup, here is the article.
Now, granted this is just one test, but the variables of the test seem to be fairly controlled (same tires, two drivers, multiple runs).
There was also the Motor Trend article that showed faster times on a test track for the new Miata over the BRZ:
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...n/viewall.html
It really is all speculation at this point, but I'm sure that if the ND is clearly the overdog, it could get bumped to BS. If not, the BRZ/FRS still has STX to play in...just going to cost us more $$ to get competitive there.
Besides, I don't think the twins are the clear over dog in CS currently anyway - the NC Miata and RX8 are still both very competitive. But like I said earlier, it will be interesting to see how the TRD FRS's do at nats this year.
Full resolution can be found here:
http://imgur.com/a/jHCh5