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JRyan · 10-29-2007, 01:35 PM

Isaac,

I'll not only name ONE, but TWO. One in Stock & one in SS. The Stocker was Neil Smedley, 2001, Vegas. The Superstocker was US with Kandra Weber driving, also at the 2001 Vegas Race.

But here's the catch. We can CHEAT the factor at Denver by changing the car to make it LEAVE, which changes the whole picture with regard to the factor. For instance. Kandra's Olds would run 1.15 under at Denver with the changes made for altitude. She just had the car back up there a month ago or so with just the sea level set-up in it and it went .80 under.

So at least from what I know about lower HP cars, you can make lots of changes to enhance altitude performance. Also, STICK cars can easily pick up 3 tenths by making changes at altitude to make them leave.

That being said, I would favor taking about 15 - 20 % off of everyones altitude factor. The reason is, the FAA when they adopted these factors, knew that pilots didn't have the option of making changes to their planes to let them get off of the ground faster. We do. Because of the options we have, the factors are currently a lilttle soft.

Jerry

10-29-2007, 01:35 PM	#7
JRyan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Aberdeen SD Posts: 645 Likes: 30 Liked 112 Times in 31 Posts	Re: Vegas SS Qualifying - WOW! Isaac, I'll not only name ONE, but TWO. One in Stock & one in SS. The Stocker was Neil Smedley, 2001, Vegas. The Superstocker was US with Kandra Weber driving, also at the 2001 Vegas Race. But here's the catch. We can CHEAT the factor at Denver by changing the car to make it LEAVE, which changes the whole picture with regard to the factor. For instance. Kandra's Olds would run 1.15 under at Denver with the changes made for altitude. She just had the car back up there a month ago or so with just the sea level set-up in it and it went .80 under. So at least from what I know about lower HP cars, you can make lots of changes to enhance altitude performance. Also, STICK cars can easily pick up 3 tenths by making changes at altitude to make them leave. That being said, I would favor taking about 15 - 20 % off of everyones altitude factor. The reason is, the FAA when they adopted these factors, knew that pilots didn't have the option of making changes to their planes to let them get off of the ground faster. We do. Because of the options we have, the factors are currently a lilttle soft. Jerry