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#1 swodem

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Posted 22 February 2017 - 05:27 AM

Doesn't break the rules, does it? ;-)

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Posted 22 February 2017 - 06:22 AM

Whose rules?


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Posted 22 February 2017 - 06:23 AM

Ran it tonight, could see it was laying down flat on the straights.


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Posted 22 February 2017 - 06:24 AM

What maker's body is that?


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Posted 22 February 2017 - 07:14 AM

HP Mclaren F1 MP4-25

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Posted 22 February 2017 - 07:14 AM

Greg,

 

I think Steve is referring to the placement of the lane sticker.

 

I'm not sticking my finger in the fan of "the rules" but I can see a marketing opportunity for a 3" by 1" set of lane stickers.

 

:)  :bomb:


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Posted 22 February 2017 - 07:28 AM

Missed that entirely. My bud Jay Guard always bends his lane sticker in half and makes the rear half stick up as a spoiler on the front of his bodies, so that didn't seem so odd to me.

 

And I don't think I'd ever seen that body so that's what caught my eye.

 

No, I don't think that sticker placement was get by most scrutineers or race directors.


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Posted 22 February 2017 - 07:40 AM

Looks like someone ran past a spray can with that body in hand.


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Posted 22 February 2017 - 09:16 AM

I'm not sticking my finger in the fan of "the rules" but I can see a marketing opportunity for a 3" by 1" set of lane stickers.

 

I did that as a joke about six years ago.

I made a T-shaped device, three stickers wide, that double stuck to the back of a Retro F1 car.

I was a bit surprised that there was zero increase in performance.


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Posted 22 February 2017 - 02:03 PM

'tis Kiwi designed and made.  :)


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Posted 22 February 2017 - 02:40 PM

Obviously not a Retro F1, however if under IRRA® rules it was checked mid-race it would not be legal. Looks like a morphed Red Fox body.

 

I will fold up my lane sticker on the nose of my car sometimes. I have never noticed a difference, but it creates communication amongst competitors.

 

I was at a USRA race back in the '90s and a racer had used lane stickers to meet the roof height requirement. I do not remember them allowing it.


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Posted 22 February 2017 - 04:18 PM

Back in the '70s we used to put three lane stickers across the rear spoiler like that, not sure if in reality it made a difference or not but in our minds it did.
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Posted 22 February 2017 - 05:14 PM

Not legal under Retro rules maximum height requirements. A sticker placed that way further toward the front would be OK but not recommended should it fly off in the middle of a heat and the turn marshal doesn't know what lane to put the car on.
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Posted 08 March 2017 - 07:53 PM

I'd let him know. ;-)

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Posted 09 March 2017 - 04:49 PM

 
I did that as a joke about six years ago.

I made a T-shaped device, three stickers wide, that double stuck to the back of a Retro F1 car.

I was a bit surprised that there was zero increase in performance.

I just came across it.

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A poor pic, but just to show it had a curve to it.


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Posted 09 March 2017 - 06:23 PM

My buddy Stu would leave the lane stickers on to build up weight so he could pass tech weigh-in. Lol
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Posted 09 March 2017 - 08:39 PM

 
I did that as a joke about six years ago.

I made a T-shaped device, three stickers wide, that double stuck to the back of a Retro F1 car.

I was a bit surprised that there was zero increase in performance.


It's an F1 - you can't polish a turd.


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Posted 10 March 2017 - 10:48 PM

I have a vintage Ebay purchase where a lexan flap was stapled over each front fender.  I don't know if that was a trick used back in the day or not.

 

 

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Posted 10 March 2017 - 11:43 PM

Tim, those front wheel flaps were commonplace in the late 60's. I believe they were supposed to give added front end downforce. How well they worked, I don't know because I don't recall ever having them on my cars.


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