Madden at Charlotte ?!?!

[bb14]

You're 100% right...as someone else said...Davenport could win a leaf-spring car if that's the case.
Get a clue dude, Davenport is a good driver but he isn't that good.
If you don't think that they had something figured out on the LR this past season, you're either ignorant or fibbing to yourself.
And I never said they had a spring rod on the LR...my comment was part of what we call a DISCUSSION which you seem to know nothing about being a part of...
Now I'll sit back and wait for the typical sophomoric response that we've all come to expect from you.

Even though the car is jacked up the cars attitude is not held by the RF shock. He also has a shock similar to 90/10.

To me one of the keys ofthe device controls the attitude of the car. The front shocks are free to do what they are supposed to do. The attitude is also important because it uses the air so well. They are very smart so you have to look at the little things like the rear end placement and it's differences etc etc.

You guys are dead on in stating that the other guys will catch on. Some are already catching up. But a tenth is a tenth and adds up.

I for one don't care for the one shock per rule deal. This sport was built on innovation. Change can be good when we are not talking politics. Like billet said this can be as big as the shock behind.

[let-r-eat]

I would argue that technology has brought the fields closer together. The Rumley device looks to be just controlling the rotation of the cage and unlinking the relationship between the top and bottom links.

[TheJet-09]

In looking at pictures from Charlotte (prompted by this thread) I though it was obvious that Bloomquist had a dampner shock on the rearend. Just caught my attention as I am unaware of anyone running one anymore (at least around my parts).

[Matt49]

In looking at pictures from Charlotte (prompted by this thread) I though it was obvious that Bloomquist had a dampner shock on the rearend. Just caught my attention as I am unaware of anyone running one anymore (at least around my parts).

Something he added for that track condition, maybe???

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Something he added for that track condition, maybe???

He runs one all the time

[zeroracing]

He also had something green or green stripe on the LRF or that region.

[Necrosis]

He runs one all the time

Oh really? Tell me more.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Oh really? Tell me more.

Correction. I have seen one on his car several times. I don't see him race every week

[fastford]

Davensnorts car bounces all over the place on the LR. I never said engineering isn't very important , I'm just saying I think part of his 2015 dominance is due to his willingness and ability to hammer the piss out of the cushion for a 100 straight laps. And field engineers around you must make 15 times what they do around here ... You don't see Bloomquist pounding cushions like that ...

Davensnorts, and you wander ,I guess, why people screw with you so much on here, then again you must like it.....ive known of him since he started and never herd that.

[Racer63]

I know Billet quit posting on here for years cause of a few bad apples. Hoping you guys don't let the dumb crap keep yall from commenting and trying to help out fellow racers.

[zeroracing]

Davensnorts car bounces all over the place on the LR. I never said engineering isn't very important , I'm just saying I think part of his 2015 dominance is due to his willingness and ability to hammer the piss out of the cushion for a 100 straight laps. And field engineers around you must make 15 times what they do around here ... You don't see Bloomquist pounding cushions like that ...

I don't know what type of engineers you typically deal with, most that do residential or do small building structural/deck structural are on the lower end of the pay scale. Higher end pay scale for heavy highway, industrial, electrical or mechanical. Other end of the spectrum for petroleum or highly specialized. Typically the cost for an engineer would be about a 2.0-2.5 multiplier (often more for smaller firms) for all the other stuff that comes along with the engineer. For example for a race team it would take software (ADAMS or Solid Works is not cheap), measuring equipment, calculation programs such as matCAD or Mathworks... Long story short to fire up an engineer with the backing needed to get the use you wanted out of them could easily run you north of $ 200,000. This includes benefits. $ 200,000 expense on top of everything else is a big step for somebody to make, Rumley did the jump but it was a gamble, most Engineers will stick to a solid 401k, stock options and payroll not based upon rocks in race tracks cutting a tire down.

[MADCAPRACING22]

This is an old thread but it caught my attention. I just want to say that I appreciate the input from some of the folks posting. I judge alot of personalities on here based on who would be fun to have in the shop working with you. It is easy to tell the bitter blowhards from the real deals. I hope Matt49, Mastersbilt Racer, Billetbirdcage and GRT74 keep thinking out loud on here! I respect their knowledge and I brainstorm right along with them although I post very little myself. There are other really good posters on here but those 4 stand out. I hope to experience this paradigm shift along with you guys!

[SuperEight]

I know for a fact there are people on this site that have and will again come up with worthwhile things. You certainly won't get any faster with Wang jokes and dismissing everyone.

Say I find a bolt on for my car that makes it 3 tenths faster. I am too slow, like you, for anyone to realize I have anything. Give it to a top tier driver, he wins most every race. It gets attention at that point.

Nail on the head as usual.