mixing it up?
01-25-2018, 12:01 AM
#1
mixing it up?
What is the comparison of how sports racers mix it up vs. tintops? My tintop is like an SUV. I can drive over the tallest apex curbing and be fine. I can't hit the orange bread boxes at COTA but just about have the ground clearance to go over them if forced off. I can drive in the dirt 2 wheels off and control my car and barely lift and come back on track with hardly more than a bump. In a tintop we can rub. Rubbing is racing. How do sportsracers race when they are 1.5" off the ground? When you are given a car width and that puts you on the apex curbing can you drive over most curbs or are you backing out? Can you drive off track and get back on or does that usually mean a new splitter? Do sportsracers have aero issues following other cars like you hear about in F1? Do sportsracers "rub" or is it strictly no touch like open wheels?
01-25-2018, 09:52 AM
#4
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Originally Posted by Thundermoose
I kinda like the no contact, stay on track premise for racing. .
01-25-2018, 11:30 AM
#5
Yeah. We are "no contact" but the realities are different. There is a lot of pushing and shoving like a black friday 70% off sale. What isn't solved on track often gets solved by stewards if parties involved are still swinging. Do sportsracers race with more level heads? I assume open wheelers do because I see less open wheel incidents and the penalty for locking wheels is high. But sportsracers have fenders...
01-25-2018, 01:42 PM
#6
Originally Posted by fatbillybob
Yeah. We are "no contact" but the realities are different. There is a lot of pushing and shoving like a black friday 70% off sale. What isn't solved on track often gets solved by stewards if parties involved are still swinging. Do sportsracers race with more level heads? I assume open wheelers do because I see less open wheel incidents and the penalty for locking wheels is high. But sportsracers have fenders...