Rick,
No need to apologize, I thought we were just having a friendly discussion. If I made you think otherwise I want to apologize. About the Rotax,Sonik, Leopard,…etc. thing, I think Lee has proven that what ever he drives he is fast. He has kicked butt in both the Leopard and Sonik. I say good for Lee he takes this much more seriously than I do.
I think you will find this interesting. At the CSC race at Action, I raced the Sonik in the TAG Sr class. During qualifying, a leopard was in P1(Kyle Ray) and a Sonik (me) was in P2 0.651 secs slower than P1. The fastest qualifying lap for a Rotax was 1.398 secs behind P1 and .651 secs behind P2. In the heat race, the fastest leopard lap was 1.118 secs faster than the fastest Rotax lap. While the fastest Sonik lap was only 0.651 secs faster than the fastest Rotax lap.
What does this suggest? Is the ’05 Leopard just plain fast? Is it the combo Kyle/’05 Leopard/Maranello/Mile Hi karting tuned at Bandi? Is it the fact that Donel, Jeff and Greg were not racing Rotax that day? I know for a fact that the RBI/Sonik pkg in the right hands, not mine, would have been a factor for the win. I was just hanging on 😆
Anyways, I have rambled long enough. I still vote for the Touring car cure for the TAG series.