Mudflap........I love It![]()
On the question of Terry Haddock... How does he afford to race ~ half the season??
Does Terry just try to go in there and qualify and take his 10k and move on?
Speaking of mud flaps - I remember back in late 90's those mud flaps went from their position they are in now to behind the headers closer to the tires. Then they came back. I thought moving them back made sense aerodynamically. Why did they go from the front of the header, to the back, then to the front again?
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I know that right around when Schumacher went 330 the NHRA mandated that the "mudflaps" be a single rectangle mounted in a certain manner and that they may not have a gradual kickup like that of Eddie Hills in the picture you posted.
At or around the same time they also mandated vertically flat spill plates on the rear wing banning those with the kickout lower sections like the Hill photo.
I didn't even notice the kickout spill plates. Other then they just made the rule change, was there a reason? Was there some backdraft wind pushing fire into the cockpit (my theory)? That takes all the fun out of it.. innovation. It is what it is I guess though. I think the Eddie Hill car looks way cooler. I think the squatted metal blower looks cooler then the super composite tall blower.