By @GucciardoJoey
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers who participated in a testing session at Las Vegas this week had some comments about session.
Teams that tested used a similar package last season at Kentucky Speedway and Darlington Raceway.
"I think all of the work that's been done, and the two races that we raced last year … was in a positive direction," Busch, driver of the No. 41 Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing, said. "I believe the direction of lower downforce is better, but I'd like to see us take another chunk of downforce away come July. Because with the technology that the teams have, we'll be right back to where we are now with the downforce decrease because we're able to increase it with wind tunnel time and simulation models."
Jimmie Johnson said that the speeds he ran in his session were faster than he anticipated.
"With these cool conditions and the surface here being so good still, it's been tough to create the falloff that we're looking for," Johnson said. "Bottom line is we're just fast. We're really fast.
"When we took downforce off the car, they've lowered the gear ratio, a lot of things to kind of slow the cars down and we're every bit as fast if not faster than (with) the combination they had last year. … Obviously when we come back for the race, the sun will be out, hopefully we'll get the falloff we’re looking for, the track will lose some grip and be slick but right now it's fast."
"There was so much testing last year, it's funny because they banned (private) testing everywhere but then with the few different aero packages they had last year they just scheduled so many tests I felt like in a way we tested more last year than in years past," Matt Kenseth said.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers who participated in a testing session at Las Vegas this week had some comments about session.
Teams that tested used a similar package last season at Kentucky Speedway and Darlington Raceway.
"I think all of the work that's been done, and the two races that we raced last year … was in a positive direction," Busch, driver of the No. 41 Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing, said. "I believe the direction of lower downforce is better, but I'd like to see us take another chunk of downforce away come July. Because with the technology that the teams have, we'll be right back to where we are now with the downforce decrease because we're able to increase it with wind tunnel time and simulation models."
Jimmie Johnson said that the speeds he ran in his session were faster than he anticipated.
"With these cool conditions and the surface here being so good still, it's been tough to create the falloff that we're looking for," Johnson said. "Bottom line is we're just fast. We're really fast.
"When we took downforce off the car, they've lowered the gear ratio, a lot of things to kind of slow the cars down and we're every bit as fast if not faster than (with) the combination they had last year. … Obviously when we come back for the race, the sun will be out, hopefully we'll get the falloff we’re looking for, the track will lose some grip and be slick but right now it's fast."
"There was so much testing last year, it's funny because they banned (private) testing everywhere but then with the few different aero packages they had last year they just scheduled so many tests I felt like in a way we tested more last year than in years past," Matt Kenseth said.
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