8/17/05

GIVE THE SUZUKI'S A (WEIGHT) BREAK?

ince the recent ten pound weight break given to the Suzukis, starting at Memphis, I put together data to see if the Suzukis are running quicker, slower or the same as the Harleys and deserving of such.

I took three sets of data or paradigms of motors. The Vance and Hines group of Andrew Hines and GT Tonglet, the DSR group of Antron Brown and Angelle Sampey (I picked this team of Suzukis since the rumor is that pressure on NHRA came from this team to change the rules), and the S&S bikes of Fred Collis, Chip Ellis and Ryan Schnitz.

I started with the Columbus race in 2004, where Fred Collis ran for the first time with an S&S. I also threw out the 2004 and 2005 Denver races (Denver skews the data). I have included the 2005 Brainerd race, so the stats are up-to-date. Stats include best qualifying elapsed time and all non-aborted elimination runs.