As a racer in this class for years there is a bigger problem you cant measure. Its called talent. How can you measure the advantage of a boat with all different talent levels in them. As an example there are 2 Fountain SVL's out there that are middle to back of the pack every race. The thing is one of those Fountains was owned by the Doc and it destroyed the class for several years.
However, isn't it interesting that no one could make that boat duplicate the same speed in any conditions after the sale? Me thinks you can make even a brick fast if you add enough horsepower. Especially if it could race withought fear of a DQ
Gordo
05-07-2014 10:19 AM
Originally Posted by Earthwerks
(Post 4112908)
In SBI any penalty is a time penalty, therefore SBI's own scoring system encourages you to win by as much time as you can. That's why in every class you never see the leader holding back to put on a "show" because to us it is a race not a "show". .
You might want to check some lap times there Sport. The SMB boat was setting some blistering lap times the first few laps. After they stretched out a lead of 30+ seconds they slowed down dramaticly, holding that lead for the rest of the race. So much for your "you never see a leader holding back" bull****
