Originally Posted by dustbowl:
if everyone wants to cry about sprint cars, from trivial things like body panels people have on their cars, to tires, to adjustable shocks, why do they go to the race track? It is not 1950, horsepower to tire size the ratio today is probably the same as it was then. The tires are roughly the same size as they were 15 years ago and the motors are way better now, so by the way you guys look at things the cars were more hooked up then they are now concerning tires. Actually they are now less hooked up with tires because now there is a tire rule for a narrower, harder rr. But you guys probably complained then too. Who cares what panels are on the cars, how does that affect the racing? It is just something to complain about.
your right the cars are ugly all look a like they flip more cars in a night then we did in a year! What good is all this panels on the car? You think it makes them like good or what?
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Originally Posted by dustbowl:
i gurantee the panels make zero difference in lap times in a non wing sprint car. This is not nascar they are not going 210 mph. Especially on any quarter mile. And the compounds are not much different, if any, from years ago. I will just say this, just going by my memory. 6 years ago any right rear that most teams ran were considerably softer than a dt3 on a normal basis. Easily. The dtr is a brick. People generally run a d10, rd 12, or a d12 hoosier lr now and those very well existed at least then and then i am almost sure prior to that.
***? You are all wrong!
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Originally Posted by tqracer65:
as for arm restraints not always keeping arms in the car, if they were worn properly they would i believe that they are to be worn below the elbow which in teh situation of a flip would hold the arms in the car. On custom driving suits when arm restraints are made in, they are put between the wrist and elbow so why do guys even where them if they where them above the elbow, doesnt do much good keeping the arms in does it???
gary bettenhausen new that 35 year ago!
