Dodge 1007 Nose Approved

[kat2220]

2007 Dodge Nose Approved
Dodge teams will get the new nose they wanted in 2007. Granted, they'll only be able to use the new nose in the 20 races that don't incorporate the "car of tomorrow," but it will be a welcome change to the struggles with the Dodge Charger. No Dodge team is in the top 10 in points.

"Obviously, the Dodge teams think it's better or else we wouldn't have tried to get it approved," Penske Racing South crew chief Roy McCauley said Saturday. "We hope that it helps a little bit. The Dodge Charger is a really good race car, we just hope it makes it better. The Dodge teams are very happy to get it."

When NASCAR cut the spoiler height prior to the 2005 introduction of the Charger, the teams believe it cost them aerodynamically because the development of the car was designed with the taller spoiler. The new nose design helps with those downforce issues.

"It definitely is a step in the right direction," said Petty Enterprises Executive Vice President Robbie Loomis. "It should help us a little bit when the car is in traffic. That is when it struggles the most. Out front, we're really good, but it seems the Chevrolet and the Ford can move through the traffic better than we can." (Scene Daily)

 

[MRM]

I can't help but laugh at the Dodge people crying over their nose. How bad would their performance be if they had to run a Charger nose that really looks like a Charger nose? Not one that has the top lowered almost a foot and angled back like a dirt car nose. If they wanted something with some front downforce, they should have designed and built a street car that has a nose for that purpose.

 

[Eagle1]

I can't help but laugh at the Dodge people crying over their nose. How bad would their performance be if they had to run a Charger nose that really looks like a Charger nose? Not one that has the top lowered almost a foot and angled back like a dirt car nose. If they wanted something with some front downforce, they should have designed and built a street car that has a nose for that purpose.

Exactly right! Next year they'll all have to drive cars closer to the actual models.

 

[Magnethead]

Exactly right! Next year they'll all have to drive cars closer to the actual models.

thanks for the visuals..maybe the CoT isnt so mis-leading.

something else: how much do BMW, mercedes-mcCalen, and the other F1 teams pay? Those cars look NOTHING like any production name brand street car!

 

[MRM]

They're paying for the engine development and the name association.

 

[Oldgoat]

Actually I wish Nascar wouldn't have gotten away from using the stock body to race. The way cars are now the are basically a IROC car with decals.

 

[steveluvs3]

how does the COT look anything like it's street version, you take off the headlight decals and they all identical. IMO they should'nt call them fusions,monte carlo's,charger's,camry's, they should be called ford,chevy,dodge,toyota stockcars.