Something noticed from the In-Car Camera
Not to sound to much like the classic exchange from Days of Thunder - but Dr. Indy has noticed something watching the race at Iowa. To refresh your memories, here is the exchange I am referring to:
Harry Hogge: What do you know about racing?
Cole Trickle: Well… watched it on television, of course.
Harry Hogge: You’ve seen it on television?
Cole Trickle: ESPN. The coverage is excellent, you’d be surprised at how much you can pick up.
Harry Hogge: I’m sure I would.
What Dr. Indy picked up from the In-Car camera shot is that Ryan Hunter-Reay’s front wing vibrates and shakes all of the time. Not just when he is in traffic, but all of the time. The same view of Marco and Will Power showed their wings to be rock solid - steady. (The same vibration was noticed on the left front of Tony Kanaan’s front wing from an exterior shot on 2 occasions and look what happend to him), but RH-R and the Ethanol car was shaking like a diving board.
This can not be good for the handling of the car. No wonder he got out of the car with a blister on his right elbow. The car is dancing more than Helio was a couple of months ago becaue the front wing looks like it was assembled by a boy scout before a pinewood derby race.
Did any one else notice this and what effect do you think that would have on the car, other than keeping Ryan on Dr. Indy’s OH-Fer list?
