Posted on 07/26/2022 5:35:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
Pocono NASCAR Cup Series winner Denny Hamlin and second-place finisher Kyle Busch were disqualified Sunday after their cars failed post-race inspections.
"There was some issues discovered that affect aero in the vehicle," said Brad Moran, managing director of the NASCAR Cup Series, widely considered the top auto race league. "There really was no reason why there was some material that was somewhere it shouldn't have been. And that does basically come down to a DQ."
Hamlin was the first Cup winner to be disqualified since April 17, 1960, when Emanuel Zervakis' victory at Wilson Speedway in North Carolina was thrown out because of an oversized fuel tank, according to ESPN.com.
Both racers' Toyota cars will reportedly be sent to North Carolina for further evaluations at NASCAR's research-and-development center.
The official victory was handed to third-place Chase Elliott but the results can be appealed. Elliott now sits in first place in the official NASCAR rankings.
Hamlin and Busch are part of the Joe Gibbs Racing team, which can appeal NASCAR's decision.
It’s going to increase the front downforce making the car turn in better as well as “tucking” the nose down closer to the track and more than likely increasing top speed.
There will be minimal loss of brake cooling and at a track like Pocono it’s not a big deal like it would be at Martinsville or Bristol.
I would like to get a look at the Wind Tunnel Data...
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This "tiny" piece of tape most likely resulted in a tiny fraction more speed through the flat corners at Pocono. Small enough that it would not be noticed over a lap or two, but throughout the race it could result in an advantage of the seconds needed to pull away from the field.
While they did not get unwrapped, it is reasonable to assume the Cars of Martin Truex, Christopher Bell, Bubba Wallace and Ty Gibbs probably all had the same modification.
Bell finished 4th, Truex 7th, Wallace 8th and Gibbs 16th. so you have 5 of the top 10 and 6 of the top 20.
I expect tpo see some hefty fines, a lot of points and probably some very lengthy suspensions coming for JGR.
Thank You for the reminder, I knew I was forgetting something. I DVR’d Lime Rock.
those doing the CFD know...
I’ve never been a big NaSCAR fan, but I quit watching when “smoke” retired some years ago. My take on NASCAR is it has nothing to do with racing and is all about TV revenues..
Sounds like the tape was covering part of the brake air duct and would reduce drag. Alternatively, it may have been used to modify the wheel well flair shape for the same purpose.
it’s always been part of the game...
joe gibbs racing is why nascar standardized the pit guns a few years ago...
they researched and developed a higher rpm pit gun for changing tires and other teams cried foul...
joe gibbs was also the first to recruit professional sports players for his nascar pit crews...
Win on Sunday, sell on Monday, is long gone. These cars are not “stock” cars anymore.
Put bureaucrats in charge and this is what you get.
I'd be very surprised if someone like Kyle Busch was cheating in the midst of contract negotiations, or Truex just after announcing one more year of racing.
-PJ
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Some online sites are suggesting NASCAR will go all electric next year.
I predict they will have electric car-only races at some point....................
Same here. But I do enjoy watching NHRA. Something about going over 300 mph in a little over three seconds.
Lol yes he did after all
“ Win on Sunday, sell on Monday, is long gone. These cars are not “stock” cars anymore.
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Helped put a 22’ ZL1 in my garage
computational fluid dynamics, the program that analyzes the wind tunnel data input
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