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Re: Let teams build their cars.
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Re: Let teams build their cars. -
05-05-2009
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No arguing these points, but to be fair, we don't know that NASCAR "isn't" pondering these questions either.... |
since Jim Hunter said something about looking at the fence in a
press conference.
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They may be a lot of things to a lot of people, but stupid they aren't... And we don't know what they are actually doing. They don't have to tell us their day to day stuff. But because they don't... doesn't mean they don't have meetings... |
have to worry because we have plates and roof flaps" and "we don't
have to worry because the fence has always worked in the past"
sort of talk over the years...and NASCAR doesn't have a great
history of addressing problems before they appear instead of
after.
John
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The fence was designed by engineers who know how heavy the car is and how fast it is going. That is precisely why the car has not got through the fence. Give it break already. |
John
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DAVe <smalleys... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in news:83612c05-0260-47b5-8681- 76f4a5023... (AT) s20g2000vbp (DOT) googlegroups.com: The fence was designed by engineers who know how heavy the car is and how fast it is going. That is precisely why the car has not got through the fence. Give it break already. You're an engineer? |
IMSA events. Go ask Ralph Sanchez.
I used to sell CAD systems.
I am a certified industrial machinist.
A good deal of my undergrad was was in IE.
I know just a little bit about engineering. Certainly more thatn the
chicken littles in here.
I also had the pleasure of being on the other side of the wall in
three hard hits at Homestead and was lucky enough to dive below the
wall. I got sprayed with crash dust all three times. Glad I was not
sitting on a seat only 10 feet away getting that debris in my face.
Talladega does not need to redesign the fence, but it does need to
move the seats back to at least 30' from the fence.
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Talladega does not need to redesign the fence, but it does need to move the seats back to at least 30' from the fence. |
all eventualities is a fools errand.
The two sensible approaches are prevention and mitigation. Moving
the seats back is a reasonable solution, as far as mitigation goes.
Slowing the cars, whether by changing the car or the track, is a
path to prevention.
John
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DAVe <smalleys... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in news:226fe9e8-d177-4c45-a8e9- 1625d00bd... (AT) s31g2000vbp (DOT) googlegroups.com: Talladega does not need to redesign the fence, but it does need to move the seats back to at least 30' from the fence. I actually agree with you there. *Trying to design a fence for all eventualities is a fools errand. The two sensible approaches are prevention and mitigation. *Moving the seats back is a reasonable solution, as far as mitigation goes. Slowing the cars, whether by changing the car or the track, is a path to prevention. |
spoiler, then open a big hole in the front. Far cheaper than changing
tracks, and easier to reverse if it does not work out.
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IMO like TS02_05champ suggested take off the silly looking wing and spoiler, then open a big hole in the front. Far cheaper than changing tracks, and easier to reverse if it does not work out. |
should require the teams to run Martinsville bodywork at the
plate tracks, with the big brake cooling ducts, to add drag and
slow the cars.
John
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