Without numerous trips and tests, how does one prepare a car and a driver for the loads that the 31º banking conjures for those daring enough to bury their foot as they brave the harsh transition? The greatest challenge is tackling that which you have little time, tools and facilities to prepare for.
Europeans have on numerous occasions mocked NASCAR out of some deluded perception of its ease. Being here and seeing the scale of it, the commitment that these guys at the HSR Classic 24 consistently demonstrate, it lends perspective and the reality that “just turning left” is a gross underestimation really hits home. Not that we were ill-educated enough to think that in the first place but watching Adrian Newey’s March stutter as the lateral load busts a tyre causing the suspension to buckle has a funny way of galvanising our already respectful sentiments. He followed during a Q&A later in the day "I was going around what I think is called turn four on the Daytona oval and in the middle of the banking I heard a huge bang. The car travelled really sideways and then kind of started bouncing. Basically a tire had gone, and unfortunately in going the tire took the right-rear suspension off...". No joke...