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Offline Carl Johansson

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"NASCAR" team at bonneville
« on: September 17, 2007, 05:03:41 PM »
many of you who attended WOS saw a very well funded team running a NASCAR roller -  vintage 2002 or 3 I think. They ran 181 -  and spun -  probably as a result of their wide tires (10 or 11" slicks).

One of my crew asked em why they were running the wide tires -  and this is the story he got:

According to the team members -  "the tech Inspectors were mandating that they stick with the wide tires because their entry had to be 100% nascar original -  including the tires,  for their "class".

So whats up? -  there is no Nascar class,   and I really doubt that inspectors mandate unsafe tires.

as for 100% nascar - (or nextel cup or whatever) well they don't have the engines -  so that makes that requirement go away!

Are they running in some other sanctioning bodies rules?

BTW -  i have video of the spin -  pretty funny -  as the car is sliding down the track tail end first -  thats when the chute got popped -  hows that for reaction time!

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Re: "NASCAR" team at bonneville
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2007, 05:08:23 PM »
wanna see a 8 second "NASCAR" race?..... toss a hand full of skittles in a toilet and flush :-o
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Re: "NASCAR" team at bonneville
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2007, 05:53:56 PM »
Sounds like they just wanted to run it as configured on the track to demonstrate the top speed potential of a NASCAR race car.

Which spin they spun a couple of times I think, had a nice one at the 3.5-4 on Saturday that popped the windshield out.

I may have some shots of that spin --- down loading images as we speak!

Larry


Note in image 3 that the windshield is starting to blow out!
I was told that the car was owned by Foyt (not sure which one - Larry or A.J.), and was a former display car.
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Re: "NASCAR" team at bonneville
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2007, 06:32:55 PM »
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Re: "NASCAR" team at bonneville
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2007, 06:33:54 PM »
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Re: "NASCAR" team at bonneville
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2007, 07:21:25 PM »
The questions raised here would be better asked there.
As bad as the pull on a windshield is in a spin, compound it with the push from the open sides and the windshield will go a different direction than the car.
That is why retainers are required for LSR.
Their contact patch on the tires was going the way the car went as it went around and around as it was meant to be. :wink:

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Re: "NASCAR" team at bonneville
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2007, 07:59:30 PM »
Someone at WOS was overheard to say: NASCAR has 50 million fans but only nine last names..........
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Offline interested bystander

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Re: "NASCAR" team at bonneville
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2007, 08:03:41 PM »
A tad bit loose, I would say-at least the roof flaps looked like they came out. Maybe a spring rubber or two and a couple of turns on whatever wiggling that wrench at the back corners does would uv fixed it. Definitely not Rusty's famous "Aero Push!".
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Re: "NASCAR" team at bonneville
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2007, 08:16:11 PM »
bet them roundy round boys thought they were bad or somethin and came to bonneville to show us how its done... kinda like them drag racers, its funny when they blow, er show up.... oh,oh even them F1 boys were sent home with there tails between there legs, remember the Honda car?.....yep, they know it all....
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Offline JackD

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Re: "NASCAR" team at bonneville
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2007, 08:34:43 PM »
"Don't date out of your species." :roll:
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Re: "NASCAR" team at bonneville
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2007, 09:00:08 PM »
Kent says it...........

"yep, they know it all"

except that there is a good reason for the profile on a B'ville tire.

Years ago Slick Gardner had a new 'vette with wide tires.
It was a handful and wouldn't go straight with those tires. He learned
fast. Get the narrow foot print and go straight and fast.

"Y' all NASCORE" ain't talked to Slick yet so they are still spinnin".

FREUD


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Re: "NASCAR" team at bonneville
« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2007, 11:04:33 PM »
What's with the NASCAR bashing?
Ya'll sound like a couple drunken knuckleheads!
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Re: "NASCAR" team at bonneville
« Reply #12 on: September 17, 2007, 11:30:00 PM »
Drunken knucleheads?

Co to www.nascar.com
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Re: "NASCAR" team at bonneville
« Reply #13 on: September 17, 2007, 11:36:14 PM »
Quote from: aircap on September 17, 2007, 11:04:33 PM
What's with the NASCAR bashing?
Ya'll sound like a couple drunken knuckleheads!
"It is good to ask, better to listen, best to learn." (me)
I suspect the NASCAR types didn't get all 3,
 but did at least learn something. :wink:
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Re: "NASCAR" team at bonneville
« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2007, 01:04:40 AM »
The corollary would be to take a roadster (pick you type) on skinny tires and try to go full out into the corners at Watkins Glen or Talladega. Hard to mix 'n match.

As Jack would probably say "you can't buy experience".

Tom
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