Originally Posted by brown11b:
If you can save weight someplace on the car and shift it to a place more advantageous teams are going to do it.
I’m well aware, especially reducing rotating weight and putting static weight where you want it. It’s just my frustration with sanctioning bodies doing nothing to control costs.
What I think I understood the 5th shock would do was improve their ability to slam into the ledge that builds up at the Chili Bowl. I assume it works in conjunction with the Jacob’s Ladder and lets them bite into the ledge more effectively. The people commenting on it say micro guys (Dicely, in particular) have run them on micros for some time.
If you’re not slamming a tall cushion, I don’t think they help.
I could understand that helping on a big cushion. The shock is at a pretty severe angle, mounted center top of birdcage and just aft of the ladder mount. I thought it was interesting that axsom made the comment when asked about the setup that he told Keith they’d never won chili bowl with a 5th shock so I wanna stick with 4.
Originally Posted by TQ97:
KKM started using a 2nd shock late last year on the RR and now it’s monkey see monkey do. Here was a chance to nip it in the bud and prevent the additional cost of the 5th shock. And don’t get me started on the irony of lightening the cars over the years, only to now want to bolt weight on.
I didn’t take any while I was in Tulsa, I had noticed it on screen during the Sunday practices while I was on my way down there. Standard 7” ars shock, no canister, the regular rr shock was canister equipped. I’ve always been kinda surprised with all the boutique shock companies out there that kkm has stuck with advanced all these years. But why mess with success
FLO did a brief piece on the shock with pictures during Chili Bowl coverage. I’d have to dig deep into the archives to figure out the day and time stamp for the video. Maybe they clipped it themselves.
