Despite plenty of paddock comment, some behind the scenes lobbying and not a little concern being voiced by many teams, drivers and observers, IMSA’s technical boss Scot Elkins confirmed in a brief press huddle earlier this afternoon that there will be no pre-race Balance of Performance adjustments this weekend.
“I honestly don’t think there’s going to be anything changed,” he said. “It doesn’t sound right, but maybe in some cases [the speed disparity between Prototypes] looks worse than it is. The reduction we did on the DP cars got us closer to the P2s, we were at like 1.6, 1.7 [seconds apart] at the Roar. We adjusted the restrictors and even the P2 teams are within right around a second. We know we’re never going to get it perfect, but the raceability aspects and the differences between the DP and the P2 car is what’s going to come into play.
“The P2 car is lighter, it’s got more downforce, it’s probably to be better on tires. The DP car has a little bit faster lap times, faster top speeds–at some point over 24 hours that’s all going to balance itself out. We’re hoping. That’s the plan right now. I think we’ve got it to where the best we’re going to get it. There’s nothing drastic that we can do that’s going to make it any better. So we’re going to let them race.”
