Good analysis, Sean. I forgot about that wind coming out of the corners
and DE had said it was giving him fits. Could very well be that the wind
out of the corners combined with the effects of the other cars made this
happen. Interesting theory and very plausible.
Thanks!
Richard
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 13:06:07 -0500 "Sevrence, Sean (S.J.)"
<ssevrenc@visteon.com> writes:
> Hey Richard!
>
> I agree with you, but I don't know if DE intentionally left to
> bottom groove
> to block Rusty. Granted, he was blocking in the previous few laps.
> My
> thought is he was loosing control of his back end. Let me explain.
>
> There were three guys directly behind him (across the track, not in
> line)
> that created a wall of wind. Rusty and Schrader were creating an
> upward flow
> while Marlin was drafting DE. I think when Rusty got sucked in
> between
> Marlin and Schrader, that took the wind off of DE's car. DE had to
> correct
> for it, which moved him in front of Rusty. While DE was fighting his
> car,
> Marlin took the draft from DE's car and started to move inside of
> DE
> (without changing his line as you stated). DE was still trying to
> gain
> control of his car (without getting out of the throttle) when his
> back end
> slid up, forcing his nose down and into the path of Marlin. Don't
> forget
> that the wind was coming out of those corners which also hampered
> DE's car
> from getting any down force. Then the rest is history.
>
> This was a totally weird accident that I can only hope was a fluke
> (the
> combination of three cars behind one with the aero package on the
> vehicles
> and the wind traveling across from the outside of the turn). The
> moronic
> fans that have placed death threats against Marlin are simply
> clueless.
>
> There wasn't enough time left in the race for either of those three
> to pass
> Waltip for the win, so I would hope that DE was not simply trying to
> finish
> 1, 2, 3. That's the only explanation I can come up with.
>
> Looking forward to a great Dodge season though!
>
> Sean
> '92 RC Sport 3.9L 5spd - 250,000mi!
> '01 CC SLT+ 4.7L 5spd 3.92 LSD Mobil-1!
>
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