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Originally Posted by TrqlessWonder
I think the ND may well be that car. Sneaking suspicion that the exhibition runs in Lincoln were done with either a trunk full of sand, or got the few prep things they did very wrong.
That might change the tone of the rhetoric. It won't end the conversation, though.
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Not sandbagging. No benefit to that in a public marketing exercise and I got not even a hint of that talking to Hollis. My take:
1) They were on the wrong tire. I tested back to back on the Lincoln practice course Bstone vs. BFG and was consistently 0.3-0.4s faster on the Bstones.
2) Not as much development as top cars. My car had a season and Fenter/Harvey 3+. I certainly learned things and got faster throughout the year. That's tough to make up for in one event.
3) I think there is a chance that the car is just not that fast especially on longer, faster courses like the East Course. I certainly don't think it is the new top car to have or a class killer. I think it will be even with the top FR-Ss, NC MX-5, and RX-8s. Just my opinion though, time will tell.