2007 car of tomorrow rear wing

[bashlin]

here's a pic of the new template for the rear of all nascar cup teams possible starting in 2007..nascar is doing away with the spoiler and adding a wing..??

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/759000-759999/759979_62_full.jpg

[HuskerCharger312]

Rice?!?! Whats next Jeff Gordon driving a Honda?

[a14umbra]

I'm sure they paint it. :D

[GoDaddy]

wtf???????????

if they are going to let them race above 200mphs then i am all for it but if they are still trying to keep the sport slow this looks tacky to me.

[RonRacer]

is it wind tunnel tested?
is it a mandatory part?
what is the benifit margin?
answers man! we need answer! :smoke:

[bashlin]

is it wind tunnel tested?is it a mandatory part?
what is the benifit margin?



Today we’ve been able to tune it with bolt-on pieces, not cut fenders off and not cut quarter panels off, to change the balance of the car,” Bodine said. “And that’s one of our goals. We want a car that’s very tune-able, very adjustable, so maybe the car can be very adaptable to several race tracks instead of being track-specific.” Nelson said the idea of using a wing came from the Grand American Road Racing Association, where wings are common components in several different classes of sports car racing. “There's actually several theories that are working when we start experimenting with the wing,” Nelson said. “The wake that is left behind the car at speed is what affects the following cars. And so as we explore ways to have better competition on the track, we want to understand that wake. And a wing produces a completely different wake than a spoiler does.”
“The wing is very adjustable,” Bodine said. “You can change the angle and the shape of the wing. We’re still in development. The wing on the car is strictly a prototype piece. By no means is that something that could be final, but certainly the concept is starting to prove itself worthy of continued investigation.” Part of that continued investigation will take place next Thursday, when Bodine – a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series competitor – is scheduled to test in traffic with other cars.
“We're establishing a baseline with the spoiler and the speed that it produces,” Nelson said. “Our plan is to have a car follow us next week with the spoiler, switch to the wing and have that same car follow us so we run the same speed with the spoiler, the same speed with the wing and get the feedback from the driver that's following on how that effects the turbulence.”
Along with spoiler and wing configurations, the Car of Tomorrow also features a much more box-like front bumper that catches air rather than deflecting it. It’s one of several components that Nelson and Bodine say will help team owners with cost reduction; those components can be adjusted on the car, rather than having to be replaced. The goal is to produce a car that can perform at high levels at many different race tracks instead of just a few. “That is all going away for this car,” Nelson said. “The purpose of that is on the car owner side for the expense. If you have one size fits all, when you talk about the body of the car and the frame of the car, then how do you make that car run well at all the tracks? You bolt on aerodynamic devices, the spoiler, the wing or the splitter. You can't sit here in early stages of that kind of development and say what the end result is going to look like. All you can say is that the end result will be what turns out best in testing.” (NASCAR PR)(1-12-2006)

[RonRacer]

:exercise: whew. thanks!

[a14umbra]

It’s one of several components that Nelson and Bodine say will help team owners with cost reduction; those components can be adjusted on the car, rather than having to be replaced.

Pretty cool to see these guys working together again. Especially since Geoff once accused Gary Nelson of trying to kill him.

I'm sure it was one of those heat of the moment things.

[mascott82]

I expect nothing less than a wreck when a Bodine is involved, at least in nascar.

[ANTMAG06]

I expect nothing less than a wreck when a Bodine is involved, at least in nascar.
I was thinking the same thing.

[bashlin]

i'm seeing a wing on the cars in 2007!!


NASCAR's "car of tomorrow" [COT] will be phased into competition beginning with short-track and road course races in the 2007, Nextel Cup Series director John Darby confirmed Monday. As a second week of Cup testing began at Daytona International Speedway, Darby said NASCAR will soon announce an official schedule for the new car's implementation. That could come next Monday on the first day of the annual media tour hosted by Lowe's Motor Speedway. Darby confirmed that plans are to use the car, which is approximately 2 inches taller and 4 inches wider than cars currently used in Cup competition, at short tracks and road courses in 2007, then at the circuit's largest tracks of 2 miles or longer in 2008, and finally at intermediate tracks in 2009. But, Darby said, he expects to see teams "accelerate" that schedule once the phase-in begins, figuring they'll want to see the new car used at more intermediate tracks sooner. "Within the next couple of weeks we'll release the official 'car of tomorrow' schedule and that will be the official schedule," Darby said. "We'll say, 'Here is it, we're not turning back.' ... The important thing is to get that official schedule out, because when it goes out it's printed and everybody says, 'here's the deal,' and then it's time to get going." NASCAR tested its own prototype of the car of tomorrow with a rear wing assembly here on Thursday, and plans another test on Thursday of this week with as many as eight prototypes made by various Cup teams. "We've made a ton of progress with it over the winter and it's down to small changes now," Darby said. "We're doing a lot of work with the wing right now to test it out and see how it's going to work. It's has been real positive. We will keep pressing on and in '07 it will race."(

[GoDaddy]

i saw it on speed channel last night......interesting. and the toyota guys were looking at it.

they are saying toyota enters the cup in 2007 and speculation that honda in 2008....whatever happen to good old american muscle? we are going to get destroyed....hehehe

[ChargerSXT]

Today, Hondas, Toyotas, Nissans, etc. are built in the U.S. just as much, if not more, than the "American" cars/parts. Now, where was my Charger made? :whistle:

...... Not that there's anything wrong with that ...... :wink:

[bashlin]

they are saying toyota enters the cup in 2007

yep, it'll be a camry..

[ChargerSXT]

There is supposed to be a NASCAR press conference today at 12:15 on Speed. They said that the Car of Tomorrow and Toyota's Cup entry are topics on the agends.

DAMN! I wish I would have remembered to set my VCR to record it. :mad:

[mascott82]

I was thinking the same thing! They may also talk about the switch to unleaded fuel for 2008.

[bashlin]

pics of the 2007 toyota camry..

http://www.jayski.com/schemes/2007toyota.htm