Overton fails post qualifying tech

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  • dirtSLMracing
    Banned
    • May 2010
    • 664

    #31
    Originally posted by MasterSbilt_Racer View Post
    Which group? Last night? Or "doesn't meet benchmark"?
    Any team that fails tech.

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    • MasterSbilt_Racer
      Senior Member
      • May 2007
      • 14324

      #32
      Originally posted by dirtSLMracing View Post
      Any team that fails tech.
      Those guys with tires said all they was told was that their spectrum was wrong.

      Droop rule is just a measurement. I doubt they tell you how to fix it, just how bad you were. You still frame a pic of overton car and measure everything, his lr is very close to same drop out as our car, but we'd fail by 4".
      Last edited by MasterSbilt_Racer; 01-29-2022, 06:20 PM.
      Modern Day Spec Wedge Racing

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      • zyoung25
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2007
        • 8958

        #33
        Originally posted by dirtSLMracing View Post
        The teams that failed were told what failed.
        Bobby Pierce, Zack Dohm, and Jason Feger are 3 that were never told what made their tires fail. None of the guys from "tire gate" were ever told what made their tires fail. Unless something has changed, thats nearly 10 guys that didnt know.

        Failing to meet benchmark doesn't tell anyone anything.

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        • Barbecueboy
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2013
          • 18116

          #34
          Tire rule, lol………
          Where is the move over flag when you need it?????

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          • cjsracing
            Senior Member
            • May 2007
            • 841

            #35
            Originally posted by MasterSbilt_Racer View Post
            Overton doesn't claim ignorance or a broken part in his description of what happened. Like I said, there is more lying in racing than fishing.

            If you read the DoD article, Francis basically says he isn't gonna say much about what was wrong cause they got this stupid rule that's a lot more than how far the lr falls down. He doesn't wanna give away any secrets describing the test failure.

            So, he had a shorter rr shock or one with too much rebound, something like that. You get the rr down, the car doesn't lift as far to get the lr off the ground.

            I'd have to rebuild the rear clip on our cars to run with those guys.
            Doesn't sound much different than chaining the RR, which I do frequently.

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            • dirtcrazy4u
              Senior Member
              • Feb 2017
              • 3212

              #36
              It's funny, you have all this engineered rear suspension on these cars, 4 -bars, and shocks of different manufactures with the different options for valving. It's now all control by a pc of chain and this droop rule. Do I understand it, basically yes, do I care ? Not one bit because my days of laying under a car are over.

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              • MasterSbilt_Racer
                Senior Member
                • May 2007
                • 14324

                #37
                Originally posted by cjsracing View Post
                Doesn't sound much different than chaining the RR, which I do frequently.
                For those guys, it's not an option anymore.
                Modern Day Spec Wedge Racing

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                • Drop Shock
                  Senior Member
                  • May 2012
                  • 821

                  #38
                  The funniest part about this rule is the guys in charge act like they are doing it to keep costs down. All it’s gonna do is make people spend money to engineer stuff to try and beat the measurement. Two of the easiest things to do to make your car faster are add drop and raise your spoiler up, and they both don’t cost a dime

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                  • MasterSbilt_Racer
                    Senior Member
                    • May 2007
                    • 14324

                    #39
                    If they wanted to cut costs, they'd take downforce out of the cars. They wouldn't be obsoleting parts every winter. They just want spec cars. They don't give a crap about cost.
                    Modern Day Spec Wedge Racing

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                    • fastford
                      Senior Member
                      • Dec 2008
                      • 4059

                      #40
                      well said mastersbiult , very simple and correct assumption .......

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                      • dirty-white-boy
                        Senior Member
                        • May 2007
                        • 997

                        #41
                        Now they will be spending money trying to get that RF down even further.

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