yeah, i shoulda said some humans... 8^)
Posted on 03/03/2015 8:13:25 PM PST by ican'tbelieveit
I have a question: What is the pit crew member doing when he puts that "tire iron" into the rear window of the car and rotates it? I watched the Xfinity race yesterday and saw them doing that and the commentator referenced the car being too tight or too loose. What is the rotating tire iron affecting on the car?
Those are called wedge adjustments - adjustments made when the driver complains the car is tight/loose:
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/nascar/jobs/nascar-wedge-adjustment4.htm
Oh oh. I might have both those guys.
I had Kahne...
I have Harvick... holding my breath.
Thanks so much! Everything I’ve ever wanted to know and it was answered in that article!
Harvick so far: a 2nd, a 2nd & and a win. No hangover there.
It’s kibble time.
I dunno. The more rivers Mrs Happydog and I ford together the closer we become. ‘Twas the early days we barked at each other. My sons best friend has 2 old cats that have been together since they were kittens. The They were peaches and cream until 6 months ago and now they fight over everything. It’s like they forgot who the other was. The friend even got separate litter boxes- they still fight.
yeah, i shoulda said some humans... 8^)
It was like the league was rattled by an earthquake... everything went topsy turvy.
Yeah, I saw that. I bet it was that mtn climber fellow. The standings in a league at the beginning of a season have more mood swings then (insert sexist comment here).
Don’t worry about that dude at the top. He was celebrating his birthday yesterday and got all euphoric. It won’t last long. If it does I’ll make sure he calls for medical assistance.
Forecast is for 70 degrees today and 71 tomorrow. We fly back this afternoon. Portlsnd’s waterfront park and market yesterday (were packed with people) had beautiful blooming trees and bushes and honey-suckle type smells. Or maybe it the medical marihuana.
Now who didn’t see this coming (again):
Too soon to tell if new rules are working, but early reviews are poor
By Jenna Fryer / The Associated Press
Published Mar 10, 2015 at 12:04AM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two races is just too early to form a definitive opinion about NASCAR’s new rules package, which was tweaked as part of a concerted effort to improve racing.
Has the 2015 rules package made things any better? No, not really. Especially if it’s being compared with the high-stakes racing that punctuated the end of last season, when the 10-race Chase displayed some of the strongest competition in years.
NASCAR wants bumper-to-bumper racing with aggressive passing throughout the field every week. So the rules are an evolving process, and the 2015 package was a compromise between what the drivers wanted versus how many changes tire provider Goodyear could immediately accommodate.
The result was a reduction in downforce — not nearly enough to satisfy the majority of the drivers — and less horsepower.
It has yet to be seen if the changes will lead to significant improvements because races at Atlanta and Las Vegas the last two weeks didn’t look much different from past events on 1.5-mile speedways. Three drivers combined to lead 292 of the 325 laps at Atlanta, where the 28 lead changes weren’t all that dramatic. Jimmie Johnson went on to the win, beating Kevin Harvick by 1.802 seconds.
Harvick, Johnson and Joey Logano again dominated Sunday in Las Vegas, where the trio led 234 of the 267 laps. Harvick sort of made it look easy in the end; a vibration in his car the only thing that kept him from trouncing the field as he took the victory.
The new package was supposed to excite fans and please the drivers, but three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart was fuming on his in-car radio about his car. He seemed to suggest the cars were more fit to compete Saturday, when NASCAR’s second-tier series races.
One vocal driver does not make or break a case against the new rules package, but two races into the season and NASCAR has got to be hoping the on-track action picks up a tick or two very soon.
Jeff Gordon has a meeting scheduled for today with NASCAR executive vice president Steve O’Donnell, and the four-time series champion has said he wants a timeline on when energy-absorbing SAFER barriers will be fully installed at all tracks.
Almost all facilities that host national NASCAR events have the Steel and Foam Energy Reduction Barrier (SAFER) in certain walls, but there has been an outcry for total coverage since Kyle Busch broke his right leg and left foot last month when he crashed into an unprotected wall at Daytona.
Gordon hit an unprotected wall the next week at Atlanta, and Erik Jones hit a portion of wall just past the SAFER barrier in the Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas on Saturday. Gordon and Jones both walked away, but Gordon gave vivid detail in how much harder the impact is when a driver hits a concrete wall versus a SAFER barrier.
NASCAR and its tracks are doing the right thing in reviewing the safety standards at all facilities, but they must act with urgency in getting soft walls on every inch of a race track that can safely accommodate the barriers. It must be done as soon as possible. Every additional hit into an unprotected wall is a very bad look for NASCAR.
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