Posted on 04/08/2014 7:39:22 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
Is Jr testing the new Lawn Mower tires at Michigan?
Back to testing today @MISpeedway. Here's top speed this morning.
(from JR Twitter)
MWR & Aaron’s to honor Florida State at Daytona in July:
Florida State University’s trophy case holds lots of hardware, but none for motorsports. Aaron’s and Brian Vickers plan to change that. Vickers’ #55 Aaron’s Toyota will carry a special paint scheme honoring FSU’s 2013 BCS National Championship football team when the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Daytona International Speedway on July 5. The garnet and gold paint scheme on the Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota will include the FSU BCS National Championship logo on the hood. Vickers will also wear a special FSU driver uniform for the race. Fans at FSU’s April 12 Spring Game will see the car unveiling and watch a special video message from Vickers on the videoboard. FSU will collect hoods from the race car for display at block parties, road trips and The Jimbo Fisher Call-In Show throughout the 2014 football season.(MWR), see an image of the scheme on the #55 Team Schemes page.(4-9-2014)
Busch & Cup Teams will be pulling out of Town this afternoon today headed for Darlington.
Reminders:
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Cool, Thanks for the linky post.
Michigan is the single best argument against restrictor plates there is in my opinion. Race speeds routinely top 200mph into the turns yet the track is known for being relatively crash free.
I still say all they need to do to slow them down is plug in the Laptop and remap the ECM.
Simple and cheap.
in the 90's i had a Z/28, my boss and his boss both had Vettes but all three had the same engine my boss bought a program that we loaded onto a LT and when you plugged it into the car, you could see what the motor was doing in realtime... the passenger could tweak parameters while on the road
it was slick as sh!t, but voided all the warranties if anything ever happened
warranty smoranty
I’ll bet Y’All had already voided that long before the “adjustments”
well, um, ahh, well, yeah... but that's beside the point 8^)
Yeah, the point where the needle on the Tach broke the "stop pin"...
Michigan is the single best argument against restrictor plates there is in my opinion. Race speeds routinely top 200mph into the turns yet the track is known for being relatively crash free.
Still there is no reason that the ECM Mapping can't handle all the speed problems at ANY Track.
'Cept brainless is involved.
Just had the chance to watch the video from Jr.’s accident Monday. Dang that car crumpled when it hit the grass. Amazing.
And dang insomnia. I am tired!!!! I crawled home from work last night and now look, 3 am and I am posting on FR.
Goodyear Tires Notes / Fast Facts
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials:
Set limits:
Sprint Cup: 5 sets for practice/qualifying and 11 sets for the race;
Nationwide: 7 sets for the event
Tire Codes: Left-side — D-4392; Right-side — D-4552
Tire Circumference: Left-side — 87.4 in. (2,220 mm); Right-side — 88.4 in. (2,246 mm)
Technical Inspection Inflation: Left Front — 30 psi; Left Rear — 30 psi; Right Front — 55 psi; Right Rear — 50 psi
Minimum Recommended Inflation: Left Front — 22 psi; Left Rear — 20 psi; Right Front — 52 psi; Right Rear — 48 psi
Notes: Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will run the same Goodyear tire codes at Darlington this week . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that these teams ran at Darlington last May . . . this left-side tire code (D-4392) has been run at Darlington since 2011 . . . these teams have also run this left-side at Texas (including last week), Chicagoland and Homestead in the past . . . in addition to Darlington 2013, these teams have run this right-side tire code (D-4552) at Charlotte . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Darlington . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
Boeing Built Marines an Osprey Jeep with NASCAR Connection:
One of the drawbacks of the Marines’ MV-22 Osprey has been its inability to take aboard an all-terrain, multi-role combat vehicle and deliver it to the fight. The vehicle would have to be only five-feet wide to fit the tight confines of the tilt-rotor aircraft and also have enough power to handle the 60 percent grade of the off-on ramp.
Boeing and MSI Defense Solutions, of Mooresville, N.C., have developed the Phantom Badger Internally Transportable Vehicle as a solution to the Marines’ problem. MSI Defense Solutions worked with NASCAR teams before it started working with the Pentagon. The 60-inch wide Badger has a 240 horsepower multi-fuel engine, can ford 3 feet of water and can hit 80 mph on paved roads, according to the manufacturers. The vehicle is a much easier fit into the more spacious cabins of the CH-47, the C-130 and the C-17.
Boeing played up the modularity of the Badger that would allow it to be configured for a range of missions, including reconnaissance, explosive ordnance disposal, mounted weaponry, and combat search and rescue.(defensetech)(4-10-2014)
Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes to Sponsor #51 at Darlington:
HScott Motorsports announced that Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes will sponsor the #51 Chevy driven by Justin Allgaier in this weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway. Sherwin-Williams is the official provider of automotive paint and transportation finishes for NASCAR and supplies these products to HScott Motorsports as well. The Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes logo will be on the hood of the #51 car, while the quarter-panel will feature the Sherwin-Williams product AWX Performance Plus Waterborne Refinish System. AWX Performance Plus Waterborne basecoat is an easy-to-apply, fast drying basecoat that provides excellent color match while meeting the strictest VOC limits in North America. “We are pleased to be on the No. 51 car at Darlington Raceway,” said Bobby Moody, Director of Motorsports for Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes. “We value our partnership with HScott Motorsports, and we’re looking forward to watching a Sherwin-Williams car race under the lights at Darlington.”(HScott Motorsports), see an image of the scheme on the #51 Team Schemes page.(4-10-2014)
WANT...
How did I know...
cause YOU want one too??? 240HP, damn... a real pocket rocket
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