My point is that we dont have that many drivers with high skill levels. This is true with most all amature racing. You have a few guys who posess that higher skill level but no where near the professional level.
As an example I just got done reviewing my DA from last weekend at Buttonwillow. I set a new track record that would have been broken with the RR tire since it was 10 years old, we just had not run that configuration in a long time. I ran faster laps in practice and qualifying according to the timing system at the track. But what my DA did show was that I would have been a 1/2 second faster if I did not make one mistake on my next fastest lap. Now based on the DA from that lap I still made multiple errors so my theoretical best was almost 2 seconds faster that my best lap.
So does having the perfect setup and weight balance make the car faster? Yes of course it does. But we can go faster by improving our driving than we can by adding HP or perfect setup. At least in my opinion.
So sure chase the perfect set up and max HP. But the biggest gains will come from the connection between the gas pedal and the steering wheel.
It sounds like Steve and I have both come to the same conclusion. The 944 likes rear weight bias. Hmmmmm.......
