When it debuted at the beginning of the 2024 racing season, Time Trial Target was a first-of-its-kind program that emphasized driver consistency over the course of an event. Time Trial Target, or TTT, was calculated from all classes of Time Trial, giving drivers another avenue for competition and contingency prizes among all drivers in all eight TT classes.
Toyo Tires, Summit Racing and VP Racing were among the first to award NASA competitors contingency prizes in TTT. Now, Hawk Performance has increased payouts in the program!
The great thing about TTT is that NASA Timing and Scoring tracks your times for you, and it is entirely possible to win your Time Trial class and TTT on the same day. What’s more, you can win in TTT regardless of the car you drive. TTT comprises all Time Trial classes. Super Touring 6 cars compete against big power ST1 Vettes and Vipers and SU prototypes, and everything in between, even electric vehicles.
Drivers in the new Time Trial Street class also can cash in on consistency in Time Trial Target.
TTT also is a great way to earn additional contingency prizes from Toyo Tires and VP Racing, and now from Hawk Performance. Yes, there are limitations to how much you can win in one weekend, but if you are not tracking your performance in TTT and claiming contingencies, you are leaving money on the table.
At the end of each day, Timing and Scoring officials gather all the lap times from all Time Trial classes and compile each driver’s best lap time, second, third and fourth best lap times. From those four lap times, the total delta among them is calculated. The three drivers with the smallest delta from their best four laps are on the podium for TTT. Here are the specifics from the rulebook:
“This new innovative class will allow all drivers to compete against each other with the goal of being the most consistent between their fastest lap of the day and their next three fastest laps, using the fastest two laps of each session as the source for the data points. A driver is qualified for the TTT podium as soon as there are at least four (4) lap time data points (requires a minimum of two completed laps from two different sessions). However, the driver can continue to improve their TTT position by running additional sessions. All TT sessions that are not disqualified (DQ’d) will count, including practice sessions that do not count toward regular TTU/TT1-6/TTEV competition.”
“We are excited to be able to add Hawk Performance to the TTT program this year,” said NASA CEO Jeremy Croiset. “Over the past few years, NASA steadily has been adding contingencies to its program, and TTT is such a great opportunity for our Time Trial competitors to pick up extra prizes during a NASA weekend.”
For more information, visit the NASA contingencies page.
