线程： 代托纳比 2011 年极端起草

我们都知道，在起草和特别凹凸起草，为纳斯卡是理所当然。但是，什么是有趣的在此年代托纳比圆，本赛季的第一次正式赛，是草案演变成最佳可称之为串联驾驶。

首先是设置场景。 进入 2011 ，基本规格的 chassiss 现在已经与它们的制造商比较适合的前和后法。 这有助于让所有产品 ( 雪佛兰，道奇，福特和丰田 ) 看起来更像他们的街车灵感。 Daytona 的传奇高银行收到了新鲜的沥青涂层。 但汽车的速度太快了，因此限制了限制板的尺寸，以减少额外的 10 马力以上。换句话说，只是口头上的服务。

加总起来，不过，原来的最快的方式去周围三椭圆形被随便勾搭另一辆车。它得到了有点可笑，真的，播音员用舞蹈的类比。

与此同时，在这里我看所有这一切展现在我面前的时候我在想一些事情。

- 所以有两辆车，一个是领导，另一个是推动器。 这一点是显而易见的，但难以把握的只是被推者看到的程度，以及此人必须信任领导者以及所涉及的所有破坏者的程度。 在彭斯克/彭茨石油公司向我倾仰的团队广播中，我能够听到司机库尔特 - 布施和他的组长史蒂夫 - 阿丁顿 ( Steve Addington ) 与多支球队交谈，因为他们知道要做什么战略。 当你听收音机的时候，你意识到领导其实是在驾驶两辆车。 信任因素和技能级别高，具有良好的导 / 推器对。

- 再一次，应该是很明显的 : 当你的推器，你的发动机不会让你的发动机暴露在冷却空气中，使你的发动机保持在舒适的温度。 Penske 的人喜欢把它的机油从他们的新头衔中联想到Pennzo油量，这帮助他们的 Dodge 发动机运转良好，甚至在被用作推动器时。 我们想反驳这一点，特别是当壳牌公司作为 Pennzoil 母公司的时候，它们在 Formula1， MotoGP， ALMS 和 NASCAR 技术关系之间的巨大长度，以实现信息共享的最大化。

We all know drafting, and in particular bump drafting, is a matter of course for NASCAR. But what was interesting at this years Daytona round, the first official race of the season, was that the draft evolved into what could best be called tandem driving.

First lets set the scene. Going into 2011, the essentially spec chassiss are now mated to front and rear fascias that are more appropriate to their manufacturer. This helps to make all the makes (Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford and Toyota) look more like their street car inspiration. The legendary high-banks of Daytona received a fresh coat of asphalt. But the cars were getting too fast, so the restrictor plate was resized to cut an additional 10 horsepower or so–nothing more than lip service, in other words.

Added up, though, it turned out the fastest way to go around the tri-oval was by literally hooking up with another car. It got kind of ridiculous, really, as the announcers were using dancing analogies.

Meanwhile, here are some things that I was thinking about while I was watching all of this unfold in front of me.

- So there are two cars involved, one is the leader and the other the pusher. This much is obvious, but whats hard to grasp is just how little the pusher sees and how much that person must trust the leader and all the spotters that are involved. Over the team radio graciously loaned to me by the Penske/Pennzoil team, I was able to hear driver Kurt Busch and his crew chief Steve Addington speak with multiple teams as they figured out what strategy to do. There were moments were as you listen to the radio, you realize the leader is actually driving two cars. The trust factor and skill level is high with a good leader/pusher pair.

- Again, something that should be obvious: When youre the pusher, youre not exposing your engine to a lot of cool air to keep your engine at comfortable temperatures. The guys at Penske like to think its the motor oil from their new title sponsor Pennzoil that helped keep their Dodge engines running well even when being used as a pusher. We wont refute it, especially when Shell, Pennzoils parent company, goes to great lengths between their Formula1, MotoGP, ALMS and NASCAR technical relationships to maximize information sharing.