Originally posted by Dylan Savage:
[QB]What run group were you in? I didn't see any fast S2000's all day... or ever.

If yours is fast, thats great, but realize, it's the exception.
The old guy that give speech on the driver's meeting was in a yellow S2000, he was the fastest S2000 but still not driven to the highest potential. My friend who owns a S2000 and many other cars were embarassed with the showing of the S2000 (He can drive on the road course really well). The car has great handling and like always most people can't drive.
Check out this link:
http://www.touringcarclub.com/events/events_past010113.htm
The stock S2000 with road course tires smoke all Supras and 98% of the cars that day and the past 2 years with a 1:47. So the car has potential if driven properly. Now that is smoking fast for a stock S2000 and I don't see any Supra TT matching that time over the past few years. In fact very few people ran under 1:47.xx. If the car is slow, why can it beat 98% of all the cars show up? Driver yes, and the car has to handle well, brake well, etc. Note when people come to do time trials, they usually have pretty good amount of experience under their belt. I am not mad or anything, I am just presenting you with fact. If you know any Supra that has run less than 1:47.xx at Laguna Seca, let me know. Remember this is a stock s2000 on race tires it can't be that hard to beat if the car is really slow.
You realize the fastest Supra there was turning 2:15 (with race tires) and he has been to TWS at least 10 times, Porsche Twin Turbos 2:03 and my car was 2:06 (instructor's group). A well driven S2000 will turn less than 2:15 for sure on street tires.
It all comes down to driver and TWS is a fast course and Supra is definitely the faster car given the same driver. On a tight course, it might be a different story.