hidesert cowboy
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I am not just a fan of the sport but I am also equally if not more interested on the technical aspects of the cars. Its pretty tuff as a fan these days to get access to that stuff as well as the different rules changes but here is what I do know. The new gen 6 car isn't really new other than mainly a new body on the car. There has been weight taken out of the car and an additional front roof role bar added at the top windshield area. Many teams are running the same cars from last year just with modifications made to them. I think all the cars SHR has ran this year have been cars run in years past. Some teams run alot of newer cars while some others tend to cycle through the cars they bring to the track. It also could provide some insight as to which teams are funded better than others. penske seems like they are running new cars alot, followed probably by HMS the rest of the big teams are probably about equal as far as the number of new cars they race.
to go with the new car is some rules changes all of which I am sure I don't know but one I do know is for years we saw the cars have alot of crab in them as they went straight. I am sure nascar felt that giving the cars more brand identity and in particular the sides of the cars being different from make to make that this would help certain makes and hurt others. so they have mandated the crab out of the cars essentially and instead allowed alot more camber in the rear end. with the old pre COT cars the bodies were mounted skewed, which could be the reason dale jr in particular says the car feels more like the old cars. running that much rear steer in the car had to take alot of getting used to. This has been criticized by chad knaus because he feels like it takes more tools and options away from the crew chief. in this case I don't think nascar could do anything else. The sides of these cars are different and adding crab back to the cars would open a can of worms with complaints about different makes having an advantage. we saw IMO one of the worst races for passing that I have personally watched at phoenix. yeah there were changes in the running order but that was on pit road mainly. I think part of the reason nascar has had trouble with lack of passing is the cars are TOO MUCH the same. how do you pass a car that is running the same times as you are. There seems to be less and less fall off with tires these days, so that can't be a factor. used to be a guy could do a better job of managing his tires and come on late in runs. This is further hurt by tracks with all the new pavement.
now for some opinions, the barn door spoiler could this be to keep the teams from using any skew in the car because that much blade in the air is going to make the cars tight and it would be beneficial to try to keep it out of the air more?? so the track bar in particular would work better adjusted to how nascar wants it. the other is the plate tracks I think the fix is to ad more blade this would add back in some draftyness to the cars. make them handle a bit better and keep the cars from being glued to the high line. I am sure there are people who know alot more about this stuff than I do, please chime in.
to go with the new car is some rules changes all of which I am sure I don't know but one I do know is for years we saw the cars have alot of crab in them as they went straight. I am sure nascar felt that giving the cars more brand identity and in particular the sides of the cars being different from make to make that this would help certain makes and hurt others. so they have mandated the crab out of the cars essentially and instead allowed alot more camber in the rear end. with the old pre COT cars the bodies were mounted skewed, which could be the reason dale jr in particular says the car feels more like the old cars. running that much rear steer in the car had to take alot of getting used to. This has been criticized by chad knaus because he feels like it takes more tools and options away from the crew chief. in this case I don't think nascar could do anything else. The sides of these cars are different and adding crab back to the cars would open a can of worms with complaints about different makes having an advantage. we saw IMO one of the worst races for passing that I have personally watched at phoenix. yeah there were changes in the running order but that was on pit road mainly. I think part of the reason nascar has had trouble with lack of passing is the cars are TOO MUCH the same. how do you pass a car that is running the same times as you are. There seems to be less and less fall off with tires these days, so that can't be a factor. used to be a guy could do a better job of managing his tires and come on late in runs. This is further hurt by tracks with all the new pavement.
now for some opinions, the barn door spoiler could this be to keep the teams from using any skew in the car because that much blade in the air is going to make the cars tight and it would be beneficial to try to keep it out of the air more?? so the track bar in particular would work better adjusted to how nascar wants it. the other is the plate tracks I think the fix is to ad more blade this would add back in some draftyness to the cars. make them handle a bit better and keep the cars from being glued to the high line. I am sure there are people who know alot more about this stuff than I do, please chime in.
