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Old 02-17-2011, 05:27 AM
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The ferrari was fast and consistent, and as said driver doesn't make much differences with that car, especially since there running the clock and reaction time doesn't count. The track that day was in bad shape, 40 degrees and hadn't had a major competition in some time and the spray rig was down. So we didn't see the best of Cobra's. Under better track conditions the one 12 sec Cobra could have broken into 11 easilly and he wasn't even able to really get any good speed shifting off. His car was also down about 150 or so hp/Q compared to proposed Kirkham. So two things the Cobra will have to do, get off the line as cleanly as possible, which will take tons of practices to not smoke the tires and bring as many ponies as he can on the top end. I had first hand knowledge of the smokin'm them off the line that day.

That Ferrari did not give up the whole way and the traction control appeared to be very well engineered !!!! Horespower you can't get to the track is just smack talk!!!!

The fairier bet would be to have the Ferrari run without traction/launch control. Then we got a race !!!!!
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