Vintage Tuner Cup Judging, Phase 2
1973-1980; 1981-1988; Classic Club Racers
On to Phase 2, folks!
Here are the ground rules for judging. Same song as Phase 1, but give 'em a quick scan again.
-You must test ALL the cars in the division you are judging.
-You may test the cars as extensively as you like on as many tracks as you like, but you must have one 'control' track, which you know extremely well. For that track, run AT LEAST two clean laps, and submit your fastest lap time for each car on that track. (A 'clean' lap is one where at least two wheels remain on the track or curbing for the entire lap - no complete runoffs or spin-outs) Be sure that the control track you pick is a well-balanced track. Picking something like Citta d'Aria in a division that includes RUFs is just as unfair as picking a track like High Speed Ring in a division that includes Abarths.
-Make sure you have built each car exactly as its designer specifies - compare power and weight to the designer's post to ensure accuracy.
-Create a post detailing the results, grading each car on a scale of 100 available points. The criteria you are to use are:
(a) overall 'feel' of the car - how well it handles considering its chassis
(b)
improvement over default settings - this is VERY important, as it determines how much the tuner has improved the car, which is the goal of the competition. We suggest you drive the car first with all the equipment specified by its builder, but with no settings applied. This should reveal the amount of skill and effort the tuner has employed. Assume that if the builder includes a wing, that the default setting is 30/30, not 0/0. Keep in mind as you judge that not all classic cars can take wings. Also, assume that default settings for driving aids are 0,0,0. They aren't looked too highly upon as tuning tools.
Laptimes are not to be taken into consideration except in cases where cars feel nearly identical and you need a tiebreaker, or in cases where two tuners have entered the same car. In that case, only consider laptimes in relation to what parts the tuner has applied to each car.
The deadline for judging is
Wednesday, March 12, at 11:59 PM U.S. Eastern Time!
All that said, it's time to get to it! Here are the entries, broken down by division, in order of entry (I think).
If I've missed a car, please let me know! The entries were extremely spread out, so I may have overlooked something.
1973-1980
Leonidae's
Triumph Spitfire '74
ND 4 Holden Spd's
Triumph Spitfire '74
Craftylandshark's
Alpine A110 '73
Greycap's
Mitsubishi Lancer 1600 '73
VTiRoj's
Autobianchi A112 Abarth '79
Rotary Junkie's
Renault 5 Turbo S-Maxi '80
1981-1988
dimplz'
RUF BTR '86
ND 4 Holden Spd's
Buick GNX '87
Greycap's
Audi Quattro '82
VTiRoj's
Toyota Supra 3.0 Turbo A '88
Leonidae's
Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 '83
GT40MkII's
Chevrolet Camaro Iroc-Z Concept '88
setsunakute's
Honda Civic 1500 3-door '83
mafia_boy's
Toyota Celica GT-Four '86
RotaryJunkie's
Toyota Celica GT-Four '86
Classic Club Racers
ND 4 Holden Spd's
Chevrolet Corvette L46 350 '69
Greycap's
Lancia Stratos '73
wrcsti's
BMW 2002 Turbo '73
Tulok's
Nissan Skyline HT 2000GT '70
Snyp's
Jensen Interceptor MkIII '74
RotaryJunkie's
Renault 5 Turbo R-Maxi '80