J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
5/22/24 11:37 a.m.
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The NATA Championship seeks to crown the best of the best among Global Time Attack, Gridlife and SCCA time trial competition. At the most recent GTA event at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, defending NATA champions Feras Qartoumy, Jackie Ding and Devin Hofmann continued their winning ways.

Can Feras Qartoumy create an even faster Corvette than the one he …

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jfryjfry
jfryjfry UltraDork
5/22/24 8:23 p.m.

Anyone have any info on feras's front splitter??  I believe it's much smaller than what he was recently running. Curious why?

J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
5/23/24 11:48 a.m.

In reply to jfryjfry :

Good question. I know this car has some body differences. Let's see if I can find out.

J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
5/23/24 4:16 p.m.

In reply to jfryjfry :

Answer: Feras is experimenting with different aero packages.

jfryjfry
jfryjfry UltraDork
5/23/24 6:47 p.m.

Thanks for digging up the answer!   I wonder if less drag > more downforce?  Assuming the larger splitter made more df, that is 

I wonder how to let him know I'll store his old stuff... 

J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
5/23/24 7:57 p.m.

In reply to jfryjfry :

I believe the thinking is different tracks need different aerodynamic profiles - that's what Feras is playing around with. Just like you tune with shocks (dampers)/springs, you can also tune with aerodynamics.

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