Team Penske's Sticker Routine At The Indy 500 - hosted by RACER's Marshall Pruett
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- Team Penske has an incredibly organized process for managing bodywork changes and the holes that are left uncovered when a piece is removed, as RACER's Marshall Pruett shares from the Indianapolis 500.
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My OCD loves this attention to detail
Perfection is possible.
Love these short, little, insights into the prep on the cars. Penske perfect!
Thanks, Marshall! Wish I was there.
Keeps thread inserts clean too.
This is what sets THE Rodger Penske team above everyone else .
penske could run a damn good f1 team if he wanted to
Effort=Results
Last year, we walked up and down pit lane before the start of The 500, and noticed who had stickers over the aeroscreen screws. It was actually quite inconsistent to who had them and who didn't!
Amazing
A correctly shaped decal with the correct thickness could be used as a vortex generator as well......
As long as it passes tech. There's go/no-go gauges for every single piece of bodywork on the cars, and if you go outside the allowed tolerances (which are pretty tight) you get DQ'd
Penske perfect
They used to tape the seams where the different body panels come together. Is that still done?
Yes, (3M Heli-tape is the exact type of “tape”) BUT only in preparation for Qualifying, Carb Day & Race Day.
Depending on Engineering & budget, maybe once or twice during practice if they are gonna do any qualification simulations.
As a pilot, who deals with aerodynamics on a daily level those little stickers to cover those little holes is Minimal at best. Its NOT going to make a Big difference... if even at all. In fact, those little holes left open might even help. Look at a golf ball. Those little stickers are more cosmetic than anything. That is why you see some teams do it and others don't bother. Its a decoy. Its a distraction. Makes you the competitive observer say "oh so that is how they do it" or to the sponsor "look how pretty our car looks" When in reality its something else called Power. and I don't mean Willy. Its power. HP power. Power is everything.
some aerodynamacist said a sticker is a cliff to an air molecule. So imagine what a hole is. If it was Hesketh Racing, it probably would be my little pony stickers.
Why is there a "dent" in the front nose? Wouldn't it be better aerodynamically to have that smooth and round?
For the nose camera. Scotty Mac's Pennzoil Special didn't have one installed in that shot though. All the Dallara DW12 noses have those indents. Keep it the same for everybody!
I too would like to know the answer to that
sigh ..... imsa gets new manufactures , new chassis , new engine platform , indycar gets stickers and flaps......
I wonder how many man-hours are wasted making matching stickers for every car, every race when they could just use clear stickers.
I guess the midpack teams just use clear stickers that's why they're not as successful