Race Car Wind Tunnel Testing. Teams are allowed to use up to 70 hours of that time this season and up to 90 hours next year but teams aren t allowed to exceed 150 hours total over the course of the two seasons. The fine was imposed on the team for surpassing the time permitted for wind tunnel testing in a year.
In this instance it shows that the spoiler was already approaching its stall angle closer to 50. With the introduction of its next generation race car pushed back to 2022 nascar is allowing teams a total of 150 hours of wind tunnel testing of the current car in 2020 and 2021. The scale models used cannotmay be anyno larger than 60 of a full size car and speeds are limited to 50.
Normally a team testing a downforce car in a wind tunnel cares very little about drag numbers.
The fine was imposed on the team for surpassing the time permitted for wind tunnel testing in a year. The g series wind tunnel test report aero warriors. Drag reduction is always associated with wind tunnel testing and although very important the over all balance of the car can be just as significant. With the introduction of its next generation race car pushed back to 2022 nascar is allowing teams a total of 150 hours of wind tunnel testing of the current car in 2020 and 2021.
