Hendrick's T-Rex: Stumpfing The Competition
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- čas přidán 24. 06. 2023
- NASCAR has a very long history of "innovators", dating back as far as the start of the sport itself. But, typically they required an awful lot of engineering know how that was beyond most of the garage area's capabilities even if they knew what was done to soup up the car.
The 1997 winston all-star race winning T-rex car is an exception, however. Utilizing then-advanced aerodynamic theory and applying it a 3400-pound Stock car. The best part of it was, it didn't break any rules and would've been within capabilities of the other teams, just nobody really thought to do it yet.
The apex predator driven by Jeff gordon, thought up by Ray evernham, Rex Stumpf, and 120 other fine folks to create the best competition racing car in the field that day. This is the story of Car #2429. This is the story, Of T-rex.
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Those late-90s cars looked absolutely beautiful. Ricky Rudd's Tide Ford and Terry Labonte's Kellogg's Chevy are gorgeous.
Facts! What an era.. I too am a huge fan of the Tide ride. Just an incredible look.
That Car was so damn Fast Nascar had to Ban it lol….. I will NEVER forget watching that Race with my Father. Utter Domination on that Night out of the 24 Team. That 24 Team and 48 Team became pretty Close with Nascar’s Car inspectors and Officials lol…..
Thank you for all the Great Nascar History and Great Moments that will be memorialized for a Lifetime.
1 of the best channels on CZcams that covers Nascar 💪🏻
Thank you so much! That’s huge praise. I’m very glad I could bring such fond memories back.
Yeah, it’s insane what can be thought up by just having a slightly different outside the box look at a car package.
Right now I’m mostly just covering driver history, but I am considering doing another car tech/engineering type video just like this one very soon. I hope you stick around for that as well!
@@ClumsyCardboard We look forward to checking the next ones out. There are Tons of great cars that could be covered thats for sure. Keep up the Amazing Work💪🏻 us Nascar fans are eating them up
Need to see the “innovations”
You're absolutely right. I could've, and should've, visualized them a little better. Hopefully it didn't detract from the video too much!
Although I GET WHY Nascar did what they did to this car (prevent the innovation domination as seen in F1), they shouldnt have completely outlawed it…
It was initially much more reactionary than logical. I think that’s why the break down that they gave to Rex was especially helpful to them. But, T-Rex was going to come back one way or another anyway.
Trex was the best. I loved watching that car
Bad fast, best looking!
Subbed! Happy 600!!
You the man!! Thanks bud!
@@ClumsyCardboard 👍👍
@@glenTmusic If you're up for it bud, we should work on something. Your call, of course, but I'd be keen on a collab
@@ClumsyCardboard I’ll give it a thought dude! 😁
@@glenTmusic Sounds good! Keep up the great work man.
unfortunate that they would discourage innovation like that
It is. But, he was ahead of the rulebook long enough to win a big check! Not bad if you ask me.
Wait till someone figures something like this for the next gen cars lol it’s only a matter of time
There’s been rumours of something called “Diffusor binding” in recent races. So there might already be!
Ya know Ray and the guys built a car that was within the rules, and went out and whipped everybody butt. Anyone of the other teams could of done the same with their cars. They just didn't put in the extra effort or think a little outside of the box. Kinda why we have the cookie cutter boring NASCAR race cars of today. Roadracer cars that also race on ovals. NASCAR took away the inovations that made the sport so popular. To me, NASCAR is its own worst enema......er.....enemy.
Oh no doubt. It was to cover the asses of the other teams who were deep into that level of R&D.
NASCAR died with Dale. Nothing but corporate Yankees driving boring cars on boring tracks
get stumpfed tbh
The best innovations are the most subtle. Some are so subtle, it stumps other teams.
Build it by the rules it still gets banned so fck it might has well break the rules
Lord knows Ray definitely did, and encouraged a lot of other Hendrick projects to “innovate” over the years. Even before then
Boost pressure??? Brother...... NASCAR doesn't use turbos.... Ain't no boost anything....
Indycar does. That’s why I used a picture as an example. There was a LOT of clever “innovating” in other motorsports too. I am well aware NASCAR mandates naturally aspirated engines.
It had light front and heavy rear springs, got that wrong