Brownstown Proves There is a Problem.......
....with droop/hike, whatever you want to call it. Just one more reason why they need to get these cars back down on the ground and reign in bodies to prevent so much roll and keep the COG lower.
Doing that would have a lot of positive affects on the cars and wouldn't cost hardly anything to implement or enforce.
1. It would make the cars safer to race all the way around.
A. It would help prevent rollovers from cars getting under each other with their noses.
B. It would reduce the likelihood of a rollover from too much grip or from hitting a hole at high
speed. (Just like what was happening at Brownstown)
2. It would take away downforce which would accomplish several things.
A. It would make the cars more raceable.
B. It would take away traction from downforce which would in-turn limit the benefits of having
$50k, 900hp engines, and would allow some smaller budget teams to be more competitive.
C. These effects combined would cut down on the force, wear and tear on parts and make per
lap costs drop.
This isn't speculation, it's fact. And the reason I know this would work is that it's exactly what we had in the early to late 90's and early 2000's when you still saw SPEC engines being used and being competitive and when you still had healthy weekly car counts at tracks all across the country. Now, I can only think of one track within several hours of me that even runs Supers on a weekly basis. And somebody tell me why exactly we shouldn't be pushing for this? What are we helping or accomplishing in DLM racing today by having these cars so jacked up and outta shape? Getting the bodies back to at least somewhat straight would not make them look bad, in fact I think it would help the appearance of the cars. Getting the right front back under the fender wouldn't hurt a thing. Lowering the right front of the nose wouldn't hurt one thing. So why, why, why do they keep letting this go. At what point does anybody finally wise up and realize that this is not a sustainable path for late model racing?