Which class run off was better: GT/AA or SS/AH

[bsa633]

28 high winding Hemi-dinosaurs..compared to 13 GT/AA ..mostly new model cars..not a hard pick for me!

[larry dowty]

That may be true but you and ron were world famous for a couple of days LOL any how nice job it was fun to watch from the left coast.

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by bsa633

28 high winding Hemi-dinosaurs..compared to 13 GT/AA ..mostly new model cars..not a hard pick for me!

How many of those High Winding Hemi cars had a chance at winning? From what I observed there was only one other car close to the Wescotts' and it was a car with their engine. I would agree that there was more cars to see but the action was closer in the GT/AA class. Drop the Westcotts out of the SS/AH field and you have an exciting race. I mean come on, they had upward of an .10 to .15 hundreths advantage on the field.

[Don Whitmore]

Originally Posted by Smitty

How many of those High Winding Hemi cars had a chance at winning? From what I observed there was only one other car close to the Wescotts' and it was a car with their engine. I would agree that there was more cars to see but the action was closer in the GT/AA class. Drop the Westcotts out of the SS/AH field and you have an exciting race. I mean come on, they had upward of an .10 to .15 hundreths advantage on the field.

Some Indy observations....

GT/AA was certainly cool, newer models and Colin's Mustang was awesome, but might want to consider the high-horsepower 454s (and others) have no place to go.

The Westcott's had SS/AH covered and did anybody notice how far Westcott Sr.'s stick car has came, he is within a whisker of Jr.'s auto car.

SS/JA had the OEM war; a 1979 Aspen wins class, but the trophy could have went to Little's 'Cuda, O'Malley's 'Vette, or Terrell's Camaro

[Superfan1]

Originally Posted by Don Whitmore

Some Indy observations....

GT/AA was certainly cool, newer models and Colin's Mustang was awesome, but might want to consider the high-horsepower 454s (and others) have no place to go.

The Westcott's had SS/AH covered and did anybody notice how far Westcott Sr.'s stick car has came, he is within a whisker of Jr.'s auto car.

SS/JA had the OEM war; a 1979 Aspen wins class, but the trophy could have went to Little's 'Cuda, O'Malley's 'Vette, or Terrell's Camaro

Westcott Sr.'s stick car has come so far that Jr.'s automatic car is for sale; they are building a second stick car for Jr. to drive. Westcott Sr. had a couple of 157 mph runs; if that isn't horsepower I don't know what is.
Bill Seabrooks - superfan1

[bsa633]

Originally Posted by Smitty

How many of those High Winding Hemi cars had a chance at winning? From what I observed there was only one other car close to the Wescotts' and it was a car with their engine. I would agree that there was more cars to see but the action was closer in the GT/AA class. Drop the Westcotts out of the SS/AH field and you have an exciting race. I mean come on, they had upward of an .10 to .15 hundreths advantage on the field.

semi's

Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3651 Charlie Westcott Jr. 799J John Rains
C4 ****WINNER**** 0.135 8.690 152.81 0.009 8.823 150.28
SS/AH Index: 9.75 (+/-): -1.060 SS/AH Index: 9.75 (+/-): -0.927
Prior rounds:
Qualified: #19 8.631 154.99 #62 8.737 152.71

Rains cut the tree down and Westcott was very late, but still managed to run him down. Barely. Charlie Westcott Jr.'s MOV: 0.0074 seconds (approximately 20 inches).



Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1798 Bucky Hess 350 Jim Pancake
C4 ****WINNER**** 0.039 8.844 148.94 0.008 8.891 148.18
SS/AH Index: 9.75 (+/-): -0.906 SS/AH Index: 9.75 (+/-): -0.859
Prior rounds:
Qualified: #84 8.776 151.07 #105 8.810 149.38

The lights were a lot closer in this pair and Pancake's better light was not enough to hold off Hess' quicker car. Bucky Hess' MOV: 0.0169 seconds (approximately 4 feet). He will race Westcott Jr. for the 2008 MOPAR Hemi Challenge championship and a hefty winner's purse.

I think that is pretty good racing ...below not as good..

Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3061 Colin Wigle 7670 Tibor Kadar
C3 -0.005 9.241 143.66 ****WINNER**** 0.043 12.121 101.73
GT/AA Index: 10.40 (+/-): -1.159 GT/AA Index: 10.40 (+/-): 1.721
Prior rounds:
Qualified: #14 9.253 143.34 #41 9.343 138.78

Wigle has been "the car to beat," but he took himself out and Kadar will race Bo Kenney for the GT/AA trophy.


Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
Bye 1273 Bo Kenney
C3 ****WINNER**** -0.047 11.126 79.19
GT/AA Index: 10.40 (+/-): 0.726
Prior rounds:
Qualified: #20 9.281 140.91

[Nitro Joe Jackson]

I got to admit the GT/AA class run off's where way better then SS/AH, main reason you didnt have one car running away from everybody else ET wise like what was happening in SS/AH.Dont get me wrong i love the Hemi's, but it's not fun watching who is racing for second.

I was really thinking it was Colin or Bo's race, but we never race on paper.
Another really great class run off was B/SA & G/SA in Stock, I was watching both those classes on Thursday.