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- littleregret265
This is a crazy off-the-cuff idea that I'm having, fueled by a love of sportsman drag racing and a vision of some potential in GT. We already have a very strong drag community here, very very proud of taking a car to its very limit in 1,320 feet (or however close that approximated straightaway is at Indy). Now, I want to expand on that a little bit, by creating a class based system working off of power-to-weight figures of showroom stock cars in GT, very similar to NHRA or IHRA's Stock Eliminator class. The lower the ratio, the faster the class that x car goes into. For example, a 1969 Camaro SS has a P/W of 4.67 kg/hp, which puts it in a respective class from maybe 4.5 to 4.99 kg/hp. Only run other cars in your class. But the catch is, that you can only modify said car so far from showroom condition. This will be enforced by several means, but routinely through limiting parts. I.E., you can only perform up to Stage 2 engine tuning, and no upgrades for forced induction/nitrous. Your car weight is class based and while it will ordinarily remain near stock, you can lighten your car to optimize your power-to-weight ratio for your class (IE taking said Camaro and lightening it down to about 1345 kg so it is exactly at 4.5 kg/hp). Weight factoring is done based on factory horsepower. Of course, this is still all quite un-formed, and could use careful guidance, deliberation, and testing of other GTP members, if there's enough of an interest for it. I have a fairly clear idea on how I would run the class, but obviously this needs to be tested, ideas need to be added to and lobbied off of the drawing board before any of this comes to fruition. I just want to see if anyone would be interested in a stock eliminator style drag league. Feel free to respond with your thoughts, comments and concerns, and I will try to attend to them in a timely fashion, should they need a response.
EDIT: I've come up with a draft of what I feel the class list might look like. Hopefully sense can be made of it.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/15gJG9OzGZrdCH2laDGp5qH6h0WcznbFS82xIMpiphIE/edit?usp=sharing
As well, here is a list of the allowable modifications for entering cars.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lTAWV2Bwr0WGbwfZpsSJQM1GmU4hujeg8NG7Q9gr-ug/edit?usp=sharing
EDIT: I've come up with a draft of what I feel the class list might look like. Hopefully sense can be made of it.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/15gJG9OzGZrdCH2laDGp5qH6h0WcznbFS82xIMpiphIE/edit?usp=sharing
As well, here is a list of the allowable modifications for entering cars.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lTAWV2Bwr0WGbwfZpsSJQM1GmU4hujeg8NG7Q9gr-ug/edit?usp=sharing
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