Exactly.What do I know?
Lol, you'll need this...Exactly.
They qualified well and Kyle was able to run decent but, the others didn't seem to have much. If Joey was 7 tenths off Pumpelly, then either his car must have been significantly off pace (say, 1.5 sec) or he was in consistent traffic, because that dude can flat wheel a car.I think he was being nice and just did want to say the car is less than ideal :-) lol
The GT4 is just a souped-up street car. It has all the stuff needed for race duty, but GT4 engines are usually detuned, the chassis is stock with a cage and aero is pretty minimal. A GT3 is a whole different kettle of fish. Now we've got racing everything, big tires, real aero and a proper chassis with a road car unibody for decoration. "Normal" drivers can get in a GT4 and be reasonably comfortable driving it (which is why they tend to be so eager to OVER drive it). If you want to have any hope of getting around a track well in a GT3, you better have a couple years of experience under your belt in something else. They're the real deal.I really, really enjoyed car on the track. This is my second track car, and it gives me loads of confidence, and is a blast. GT3 and GT4 is a whole different ball game. At max effort, sound, feel, and refinement of the car are all second fiddle to laptime. Not sure my tubby ass has what it takes to drive a lap in GT3 car.
All the Mustang GT4's had issues during the race to some degree. The race was quite the mess. The race director was getting pretty upset just mid-way through the race due to all the cautions and car "argy-bargy".They qualified well and Kyle was able to run decent but, the others didn't seem to have much. If Joey was 7 tenths off Pumpelly, then either his car must have been significantly off pace (say, 1.5 sec) or he was in consistent traffic, because that dude can flat wheel a car.
KOHR (formerly Rehagen Racing) spearheaded the Mustang GT4 development with Multimatic. If any team knows how to set those Mustangs up, KHOR does. Yeah, sure Multimatic does too...Couldn't agree more with the Pro vs (some)gentleman drivers.
This racing is way more strategy and Teamwork in the Pits (say 30%) then Drivers (70%). Too much can go wrong with Pit Strategy and Pits stops.
The Mustang GT4 was fast enough to win but just had some bad luck. Nobody was faster then 2:16.7 (all weekend) and Billy J was .1 off of that. Then during the Race 218.0 was fastest and Kyle was .1 off that. He could have been on the podium but Skeen is crazy (good) and passes everywhere. Hard to keep him behind you.
Talking to Multimatic, Mustang GT4 is a complex car to setup and drive (with all the computer settings available to the Teams) You really have to know what you're doing. Not saying Kohr or PF don't as they're getting huge support from Ford. Hell at Daytona I saw at least (5) Ford Factory guys helping as well as many Multimatic employees (who built the cars).
IMO, the Mustang GT4 is super solid and would be a blast to drive and deserved better fate at Road America but that's why you race.
Looking forward to the Next Gen GT3 and GT4 Mustangs, they will be competitive, you watch.
As for now, with two races to go, the Mustangs should win one of them.
Next year (2023) there will be a new GT4 Mustang and then a GT3 Mustang following that (2024) for the new 2023+ GT3 regs.Isn't the current Mustang GT4 being retired at the end of the season? I was looking through past results and they seemed to dominate 2018-19, but I guess their pace has fallen back compared to newer GT4 cars? Still pretty cool to see them rip around the track! I saw a GT4 race before the Music City GP last year and the Mustang GT4 sounded the best (and loudest) of all the entries
I don't see how Barletta didn't get a penalty either for what he did. That was a shit move that could have seriously hurt or killed somebody.The #59 was doing completely fine until Michaelian's stint, over from Johnson, was hit in the passenger rear and spun into the T8-T9 bridge by the #96 BMW of Barletta. This one, I don't see how the #96 didn't get a penalty. Maybe it was just an honest mistake from Barletta, but the incident seemed very, very avoidable on the #96 BMW's part... Michaelian did absolutely nothing wrong and was driving well. The #59 car was entirely compacted at the front, into the engine, and Michaelian is said to have fractured or broken his wrist, but is otherwise OK. The car looked like it was totaled.
KOHR (formerly Rehagen Racing) spearheaded the Mustang GT4 development with Multimatic. If any team knows how to set those Mustangs up, KHOR does. Yeah, sure Multimatic does too...
apparently he needs to watch some Aussie SuperCar races on his DVR. Them down-under's are shameless about punting each other off.The race director was getting pretty upset just mid-way through the race due to all the cautions and car "argy-bargy".