Anyone tried bump-drafting in longer races of Nascar? I took short test
in Talladega, and it seems to work reasonably well if you are careful.
I'm not sure if it improved lap times much, so is there any real advantage
in taking risk of damaging the car? Wrinkled nose and top speed drops
by 5-10 mph for the remaining 50 laps...
BTW: Am I dreaming, or do some AI drivers try to get even? In one of
these bump-drafting tests the front runner spun off, maybe I shouldn't
do this in corners;-) After the green flag he pushed me twice on turn 1
and few seconds later sent me into wall by giving slight tap on right
rear in middle of the back straight.
Pasi.
Yep
It can
It's like putting pennies in a bank. You help the car in front of you attain
a bit more aggregate speed. Your payoff is being able to draft a slightly
faster car. But you have to figure out which cars are running at your
strength or maybe just a bit faster so that when you bump them (up in speed)
you'll be able to draft at a faster speed. You can't bump draft a slower car
and make it faster than you are. Straight tight drafting will bring up both
cars speeds though... as long as, again, you are drafting a car at least as
fast as your own.
so is there any real advantage
This is where you use your noggin. Hit too hard and you're screwed anyway.
Kinda scary isn't it. Yes, you're dreaming! :)
Only if you wanna go in the parking lot. At Talladega, the souvenir stands
are north of turn 3 about 3/4 of a mile. }:)
