How do you think Shawn Langdon will do this year?

[none]

It sounds like Brian Husen will be leading Shawn's team this year. Should be interesting and fun year!! Any thoughts?????

 

[Just Paul]

They picked up some guys from other teams as well. Hopefully they can find that .03-.06 they have been missing.

 

[J]

So who is tuning kalitta? Aj?

 

[mick]

no news yet on 2024 plans for mac savage? also, what about mark denner who i believe is already w/kalitta on doug's car?
could he move over to shawn's car?

 

[Paul]

no news yet on 2024 plans for mac savage? also, what about mark denner who i believe is already w/kalitta on doug's car?
could he move over to shawn's car?

I think Lohnes on his podcast said Savage is working for Team Kalitta this year.

 

[I was NITRO BREATH]

Shawn fell off the map last year. It’s amazing how a top notch driver can do so poorly. It’s happened before to others. I think it goes a long way to proving the tuner is the most important piece of the puzzle

 

[you]

I'm betting Langdon will either win the championship.......or he won't.

 

[none]

The cars are supposed to be as close to the same as possible. Should get double the usable data.............

 

[J. S.]

The cars are supposed to be as close to the same as possible. Should get double the usable data.............

That has been the theory for many years for a lot of teams, but I think reality has proven that all that extra data only goes so far when no matter how identical the cars are, and how identical the set-ups are, the cars just don't always perform the same. And, Crew Chiefs on the same team don't always share information about their set-ups with each other like we would think. Read Prudhomme's book about what a pain in the ass it was working with various Crew Chiefs over the years, and how they would frequently compete with their own team cars by not sharing information and parts with the other team.

 

[none]

That has been the theory for many years for a lot of teams, but I think reality has proven that all that extra data only goes so far when no matter how identical the cars are, and how identical the set-ups are, the cars just don't always perform the same. And, Crew Chiefs on the same team don't always share information about their set-ups with each other like we would think. Read Prudhomme's book about what a pain in the ass it was working with various Crew Chiefs over the years, and how they would frequently compete with their own team cars by not sharing information and parts with the other team.

Seemed to work pretty good with Capco......

 

[J. S.]

Seemed to work pretty good with Capco......

Yes, as always there are some exceptions. But Capco had a different dynamic with their two-car team. And, seems to me Capco also proved that you can win a Championship while primarily running just one car. Less distractions with one car vs 2 or 3 or 4 cars. And if the two-car team concept was always such a home run, I would think we would have seen Langdon's dragster finish much closer to Doug's car than it did in 2023.

 

[none]

Yes, as always there are some exceptions. But Capco had a different dynamic with their two-car team. And, seems to me Capco also proved that you can win a Championship while primarily running just one car. Less distractions with one car vs 2 or 3 or 4 cars. And if the two-car team concept was always such a home run, I would think we would have seen Langdon's dragster finish much closer to Doug's car than it did in 2023.

Nope. They (Langdon-Kalitta) were set up completely different.........

 

[J. S.]

Nope. They (Langdon-Kalitta) were set up completely different.........

Obviously. So what, then, is the point of a two car team?

 

[none]

Obviously. So what, then, is the point of a two car team?

See post #8

 

[z28]

whatever they were doing didn't work. I hope they figure it out

 

[J]

whatever they were doing didn't work. I hope they figure it out

No crew chiefs listed on the shawn langdon car per kalitta website

 

[z28]

No crew chiefs listed on the shawn langdon car per kalitta website

that's not unusual for them. We'll see in Bradenton if they run it.

 

[mick]

would be nice if shawn and jr decided to resurrect the nomex effect

 

[justafan]

would be nice if shawn and jr decided to resurrect the nomex effect

Yes! The shows with Shelly Payne and our own Brian Lohnes were epic.

 

[mick]

Yes! The shows with Shelly Payne and our own Brian Lohnes were epic.

the shelly payne interview was hilarious. i should go back and listen to it again. sum phun-knee stuff rite there.