Tony Stewart: NASCAR's aero problem is partly why I retired

aunty dive said:
Somebody red Reddit and apparently this 1990-91 Ford Thunderbird generated 400 lbs of downforce.

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The hood is generating that much ...
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Such a bad-ass car
 
StandOnIt said:
He's lost a bunch of weight, might be the new very pretty Latin girlfriend..healthy meals right?
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I would believe he got needed enemas and lost the weight, but he is still full of sheit.
 
StandOnIt said:
He's lost a bunch of weight, might be the new very pretty Latin girlfriend..healthy meals right?
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He has a double chin in that video. So, you are sayin' he dropped down from a quadruple chin? Also, was there a point to you stating his girlfriend was Latin? Who cares what her heritage is in this day and age? If she makes him happy and he makes her happy, then life is good.
 
LewTheShoe said:
What is the significance to the racing of having or not having a splitter, excluding the issue of what happens in an accident? It is a serious question.

I understand the splitter affects front downforce and total downforce, but many other things also affect these. Gen 7 without a splitter will still have a certain amount of target downforce, which can be achieved by fender design, or dive planes, or radiator pans, or other means. When people say, "The splitter is the source of aero dependency because the car is stuck to the ground," they are misinterpreting the truth. Total downforce is what sticks the car, and total downforce can be achieved many ways. Also, total downforce today, with splitter and side skirts, is still lower than it has been for many years, at least 20 years.

Complaints from the Nascar garage about the splitter focus on what happens when a car slides through the grass. I get that. And I get the splitter's role in preventing flight in a high speed spin. But as for affecting how the cars race on the track? I don't get that. (I think Steve O's comment is an admission that popular misconceptions about the splitter are insurmountable.)
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I don't know. Steve has faced criticism from NASCAR on many legitimate fronts, namely the lack of road courses and short tracks in the playoffs and the decreased significance of the regular season, that they have also taken measures on to appease fans. I don't think they are entirely unfounded if NASCAR is taking them seriously.

The 2018 rules press release indicated teams have gotten back up to ~1,900 pounds of aero downforce. Some brief research shows that cars have indeed been lower than that in the past twenty years. There might be some more data out there but this was the first year I had in mind: http://www.jayski.com/teams/nastuff2001.htm

Test 1 Tested at inspection height, and with the nose taped off as for qualifying, at 3 degrees of yaw, slightly sideways as in entering a corner:
#18-1,344lbs of total downforce
#88-1340lbs
#24-1331lbs
#40-1325lbs
Test 2 Tested with the nose lowered, in more of a real-race situation:
#88-1521lbs of downforce
#40-1481lbs
#18-1456lbs
#24-1432lbs
Test 3 Drag Comparison - horsepower needed reach 200-mph in the wind tunnel:
#24-505
#88-513
#40-517
#18-538
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Towmater said:
He has a double chin in that video. So, you are sayin' he dropped down from a quadruple chin? Also, was there a point to you stating his girlfriend was Latin? Who cares what her heritage is in this day and age? If she makes him happy and he makes her happy, then life is good.
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IDK what his GF's heritage has to do with anything either.
 
Towmater said:
He has a double chin in that video. So, you are sayin' he dropped down from a quadruple chin? Also, was there a point to you stating his girlfriend was Latin? Who cares what her heritage is in this day and age? If she makes him happy and he makes her happy, then life is good.
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no I said he lost a bunch of weight. His girlfriend is Latin uh duh, she is pretty. these are all true statements. . Here is visual proof to help ya with it.

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StandOnIt said:
no I said he lost a bunch of weight. His girlfriend is Latin uh duh, she is pretty. these are all true statements. . Here is visual proof to help ya with it.
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. I don't keep up with the drivers personal lives so IDK if the female with Tony is just a date or a longtime GF and I don't know her ethnicity nor do I care. She looks like a beautiful young lady to me and that is all that I see.
 
This thread has gone totally off subject.
Either get back on the subject, which has pretty much been beaten to pieces, or this thread is going in the trash.
I don't the personal lives of drivers' wives/girlfriends should be discussed. Let them have some privacy.
 
TexasRaceLady said:
This thread has gone totally off subject.
Either get back on the subject, which has pretty much been beaten to pieces, or this thread is going in the trash.
I don't the personal lives of drivers' wives/girlfriends should be discussed. Let them have some privacy.
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Some of us done got caught up :D
 
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