HIGH-SPEED VIDEO FOR HIGH-SPEED TIRES

Goodyear’s Carolyn Ashbee, Sales & Marketing Manager for the Racing Division and Goodyear Chief Engineer David Auffenberg were at the Vegas Nitro Warm-up with a camera system shooting high-speed digital video.  The system has the ability to record as many as 600 frames per second, your home video camera normally records at 30 frames per second. The unit was utilized last season particularly to analyze the rear slicks during launch. The team from Goodyear was in Las Vegas for all three days, concentrating on the nitro cars. (Darr Hawthorne photo)  [1-24-2005]

HIGH HAT & TALES

To try something new, Chuck Worsham installed a taller top fuel injector hat on son Del’s CSK flopper for the first round of Vegas tests. It was sure noticeable and presented a

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problem for Del since it fell directly into his line of vision. On the only pass the hat was tested, the car launched hard and then got out of the groove heading toward the centerline with Del shutting off to a 6.409. After the pass Del explained he’d had trouble seeing on the pass since he’d forgotten to lower his helmet visor. The team is considering a custom scoop about half the height of the top fuel unit and may test the idea at another pre-season session. (Darr Hawthorne photo)  [1-24-2005]