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To: WestCoastGal; NYTexan; steveegg; GRRRRR; Roccus

It's obvious Goodyear brought a harder tar, but I wonder why no one has really mentioned the smaller fuel cell. Less weight, rear end breaks loose, and she'll come around everytime.


331 posted on 03/10/2007 3:32:52 PM PST by SouthTexas (It's race time again!)
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To: SouthTexas
It's obvious Goodyear brought a harder tar, but I wonder why no one has really mentioned the smaller fuel cell. Less weight, rear end breaks loose, and she'll come around everytime.

I don't remember if they measure the weight with a full or empty tank (I should've asked one of the inspectors the last 2 years). If it's a full tank, it's the teams' placement of the additional weights to bring the car up to 3400 pounds (plus the penalty for a light driver) that would make the car break loose. If it's empty, then the cars are about 33 pounds lighter (give or take a pound) over the rear axle.

In any case, there is, if I recall, some on-track adjustability of the weights. I don't know how much time the Busch teams had to adjust before impound though.

One more thing to consider; it's a LOT warmer in Vegas now than either the average or when they tested. That heat makes for a greasy track.

333 posted on 03/10/2007 3:44:02 PM PST by steveegg (Now playing in Hell - the Hussein family reunion, produced by President Bush, directed by the Iraqis)
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To: SouthTexas; All
We have a series cheater in the FF league. I'm not going to say who it is but Team "Truth" got 18 Q points yesterday!!!
334 posted on 03/10/2007 3:49:34 PM PST by tubebender ( Everything east of the San Andreas fault will eventually plunge into the Atlantic Ocean...)
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