Mark and Drew have personally built and drivin their Porsche to a overall win 5 years in a row... i say congrats to them....
consistently beating a huge and im sure expensive Dodge and Hennessey effort....
queen le-a, take your AE screen names and your buddies and go back to the other boards where some people seem to think you are somebody important. around here you are just another punk who cant even talk a good game much less bring one.
I want to thank Chris Winkler and Rob Jones for an outstanding effort in the One Lap race this year. The 2008 Viper ACR performed flawlessly and Chris did an impressive job of driving for his very first One Lap.
Let me give a quick summary of what a 2008 Viper ACR in the hands of a skilled driver did this last week in the One Lap:
First Place Overall Finishes in 12 out of 14 road course events (most dry and a few in the wet). 2nd place was never any closer than 3 sec. and most were won by margins of 6 - 20 seconds. Chris beat the Davia Porsche (running full power) by 14 seconds on the VIR full course.
Unfortunately, the points structure is designed that the car and driver that makes the fewest mistakes usually ends up with the most points. As opposed to the car and driver that wins the most and by the greatest margins. In reality, the way the points are scored is about the only way you can score such a wide variety of cars, classes, etc. If points were given based on an F1 type of points structure then things would be different.
Mark Davia has won the last 5 One Laps. His is a good driver, but not the best. He has a fast car, but not the fastest. He wins some events, but never wins the majority of events. He wins One Laps because he makes the least amount of mistakes. And that in itself is a skill to be admired and deserves much respect.
Maybe I am a bit biased, but I think it was clear to anyone who was at the One Lap this year as to which driver was the dominant driver and which car was the dominant car. The overall final points dont reflect this (we got 2nd place by 85 points). The second place overall trophy doesnt say 12 out of 14 road race wins by large margins. But I say that Chris and the ACR kicked ass in the One Lap this year.
Not bad for the ACR's first real world track competition.
I want to thank Chris Winkler and Rob Jones for an outstanding effort in the One Lap race this year. The 2008 Viper ACR performed flawlessly and Chris did an impressive job of driving for his very first One Lap.
Let me give a quick summary of what a 2008 Viper ACR in the hands of a skilled driver did this last week in the One Lap:
First Place Overall Finishes in 12 out of 14 road course events (most dry and a few in the wet). 2nd place was never any closer than 3 sec. and most were won by margins of 6 - 20 seconds. Chris beat the Davia Porsche (running full power) by 14 seconds on the VIR full course.
Unfortunately, the points structure is designed that the car and driver that makes the fewest mistakes usually ends up with the most points. As opposed to the car and driver that wins the most and by the greatest margins. In reality, the way the points are scored is about the only way you can score such a wide variety of cars, classes, etc. If points were given based on an F1 type of points structure then things would be different.
Mark Davia has won the last 5 One Laps. His is a good driver, but not the best. He has a fast car, but not the fastest. He wins some events, but never wins the majority of events. He wins One Laps because he makes the least amount of mistakes. And that in itself is a skill to be admired and deserves much respect.
Maybe I am a bit biased, but I think it was clear to anyone who was at the One Lap this year as to which driver was the dominant driver and which car was the dominant car. The overall final points dont reflect this (we got 2nd place by 85 points). The second place overall trophy doesnt say 12 out of 14 road race wins by large margins. But I say that Chris and the ACR kicked ass in the One Lap this year.
Not bad for the ACR's first real world track competition.
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Well, I think the way they add up the points is BS! That's crazy. Makes abt as much sense as "BreakOut" racing..It needs to be F1 rules..So if Chris is going down the course and is 8 sec. ahead of the Comp. he runs a lil off the track and back on and through the finish line...he still dose'nt win..WTF?
JH, Chris, Viper team did not beat the competition...They "sha lacked" it..period..Thanks for a great effort, I think the Viper ACR is now "feared and respected" as it should be...
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These results clearly show the ability of the ACR and it is amazing. It is clearly a much faster track car than the porsche, nissan gtr, or any of the other cars entered including any of the vets.
This is great publicity for the viper acr and makes me want to buy one. I mean just buy this car stock and put an exhaust and intake on and you have the best road coarse car out there. F%cking amazing!
Mark Davia has won the last 5 One Laps. His is a good driver, but not the best. He has a fast car, but not the fastest. He wins some events, but never wins the majority of events. He wins One Laps because he makes the least amount of mistakes. And that in itself is a skill to be admired and deserves much respect.
Maybe I am a bit biased, but I think it was clear to anyone who was at the One Lap this year as to which driver was the dominant driver and which car was the dominant car. The overall final points dont reflect this (we got 2nd place by 85 points). The second place overall trophy doesnt say 12 out of 14 road race wins by large margins. But I say that Chris and the ACR kicked ass in the One Lap this year.
Not bad for the ACR's first real world track competition.
With all due respect Mr. Hennessey, Mark readily admits that he is not the fastest driver, nor is his 996TT the fastest car out there (Hey, he's a tractor dealer here in Connecticut, not a pro driver). However, I submit to you that he and his teammate Drew are the SMARTEST racers as they understood how the rules worked and planned their race strategy accordingly. If the rules were different, their strategy may have been different.
Paul, nothing speaks louder than results. Their experience and strategy (ie make least mistakes) is a huge part of their 5-peat. Congrats Mark and Drew.
Just curious, not to fan the flames, those of you who were there, was the Davia Pcar faster than the ACR on the straights, as suggested on another forum?
Mark and Drew have personally built and drivin their Porsche to a overall win 5 years in a row... i say congrats to them....
consistently beating a huge and im sure expensive Dodge and Hennessey effort....
Guarantee that porsche cost a hell of a lot more than the viper. I guess you still don't understand that the acr is basically stock with a couple bolt ons?
Just curious, not to fan the flames, those of you who were there, was the Davia Pcar faster than the ACR on the straights, as suggested on another forum?
Congrats John! It sounds like it was a lot of fun and I enjoyed hearing the updates. At least you can say you and your guys gave them one hell of a run and there was nothing easy about it!
So, based on the 'rules' of the OLA, the Viper ACR should slow down a little? Make fewer mistakes at the expense of winning and that makes them the potential winner?
So, based on the 'rules' of the OLA, the Viper ACR should slow down a little? Make fewer mistakes at the expense of winning and that makes them the potential winner?
I believe it was Ferdinand Piëch who once remarked that the most unreliable part in the legendary Porsche 917 was behind the steering wheel.
In the Tour de France, the winner often wins only a few of the stages, but he still wears the yellow jersey at the end.
Two great efforts by Davia and Chris. No need to ruin it with whining from either side. Consistancy had less to do with Davia's win than the mistakes Chris made after all Davia had problems too. And thats not taking anything away from Davia. Im sure Davia would agree with that. The ACR consistantly whooped the Porsches azz but it didnt win over all. The wet skid pad put the ACR behind the 8 ball. If Chris wasnt trying to make up huge points deficit he might have taken it easier at VIR and the ACR would most likely be the winner. Davia won period. 5peat Congrats. But the ACR was far and away the best car there.
