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Toyota, Chevy working to gain approval on noses for new Nationwide cars
By Lee Montgomery - Associate Editor
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
RICHMOND, Va. – Only two of the four manufacturers testing the new Nationwide Series cars at Richmond International Raceway have gained approval on the final version of the nose of the car.
Nationwide Series Director Joe Balash said a wind-tunnel date has yet to be set for the two manufacturers, but he said NASCAR plans to talk to Toyota and Chevy about their new noses.
“We’re still working with them on the thought process on getting into the target area that we’re looking for,” Balash said. “We’ll have some more conversations on how to do that.”
Shane Martin, Nationwide Series program manager for Chevrolet, said the new nose won’t be that much different than the one used at the test.
“Once we got back and move the few pounds [of downforce], any driver, they’ll never tell a difference in a couple pounds of downforce,” Martin said. “When we get the final [nose], you won’t be able to tell any difference.”
Both manufacturers used noses that were the latest versions to be in the wind tunnel. Both are working on new noses that will be tested at a later date.
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1 response to "Toyota, Chevy working to gain approval on noses for new Nationwide cars".
Arthur Trim said:
Sep 10, 2008 at 10:50 AMWhy is there so much speculation and hype about a car that will debut 16 months from now??