KTMLew01
Team Owner
Why has it become standard procedure to pull out a back-up car for practice damage?
Agree 100%. In our Next Gen thread almost universal agreement NOBODY will ever fix a Next Gen at the track. They seem to be stuck on the old body type. New car has BOLT ON body panels. I believe even the crush panels are bolt in.Because a lot of body panels were handmade and then checked using a laser scanner. Not exactly easy to get it fixed right at the track.
Agree 100%. In our Next Gen thread almost universal agreement NOBODY will ever fix a Next Gen at the track. They seem to be stuck on the old body type. New car has BOLT ON body panels. I believe even the crush panels are bolt in.
There are restrictions on how many chassis they can use. How do back-ups factor in?Nobody said that. Most people are just saying that they don't believe they'll be changing clips at the track. Big difference......
A backup car would be one of the 7 active units currently in use by the affected charter team.There are restrictions on how many chassis they can use. How do back-ups factor in?
I defy you to link to any posts in that thread that say that, other than your own.In our Next Gen thread almost universal agreement NOBODY will ever fix a Next Gen at the track.
Show me ONE that agreed with anything I've said. Penske agreed with me back a couple months ago. I fainted.I defy you to link to any posts in that thread that say that, other than your own.
I'll wait.
welp, if you didn't change your tune with just about every post going back and forth between huge damage and minor, fixing a car in the shop or out on the road, it might make more sense.Show me ONE that agreed with anything I've said. Penske agreed with me back a couple months ago. I fainted.
And word almost is in there.
So I'm consistently inconsistent?welp, if you didn't change your tune with just about every post going back and forth between huge damage and minor, fixing a car in the shop or out on the road, it might make more sense.
And haul it back cross country thinking I wish we had brought a back up car.Could it be
bring one car to track for the weekend
hope you don’t mess it up too bad in practice
better hope it’ll still make minimum speed
or pack it up and go home
no points for the weekend
Yep a whole lot of unknowns about the new car. Just because Dillon had a whole crew fixing the car for a test, some seem to think that will be the norm this season. Just because they are trying to make the car easier and cheaper to put back on the track is no reason to think they will be doing the Dillion thing everywhere in racing mode IMO.Last Gen front and/or rear clip replacement included 2 trips to NASCAR for inspections prior to re-certification, first with the skin off then with the body in place.
Weld’er up.
Have the pit crew put it together...one piece at a time.I have an idea, take extra parts and a backup car, then you have the option to choose which is the best decision at the time the decision needs to be made.
Gary West - One Piece at a time - YouTubeHave the pit crew put it together...one piece at a time.