NASCAR has modified the rulebook in response to the fireplace at Darlington Raceway
On Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Sequence playoffs opened by way of Darlington Raceway. Kevin Harvick’s race resulted in a ball of flames as his automobile caught fireplace.
View the brand new NASCAR guidelines beneath.
For 2022, NASCAR launched the Subsequent Gen automobile. It’s a spec automobile, equivalent from group to group. That additionally signifies that in some instances, groups should not accountable for stopping issues like this. They’re unable to alter areas of the automobile.
The fireplace seems to have began from rubber buildup. No contact led as much as the fireplace. Nonetheless, the fireplace breached the cockpit and compelled Harvick to exit the automobile.
As soon as he got here to a cease, flames engufed the machine. It was on fireplace on each side.
Kevin Harvick commented on the fireplace
“They haven’t fastened something. We simply let it preserve going and preserve going,” Harvick stated in frustration after the fireplace.
Harvick added, “What a catastrophe. For no cause! We didn’t contact the wall, we didn’t contact a automobile and right here we’re within the pits with a burned up automobile and may’t end the race in the course of the playoffs due to crappy ass components.”
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NASCAR feedback on the fireplace
Nonetheless, NASCAR sprung into motion.
“We’re actually digging into the trigger,” Miller stated on Tuesday by way of Sirius XM Radio. “We have now vehicles down (at NASCAR’s R&D Middle) this morning searching for any indicators of something which will have triggered that.”
He defined, “And you already know, we have now performed so all yr. I imply, there’s a number of rubber at Darlington, the ‘cheese grater’ that we at all times speak about, so we’re not sure if rubber moving into the rocker field was the issue or not, however we’re debriefing all of it.”
NASCAR wanting into Darlington fireplace
9 races stay within the 2022 season. On Wednesday, a set of recent guidelines have been introduced. These guidelines are in response to the fireplace at Darlington Raceway.
New NASCAR Guidelines
The brand new guidelines are efficient September ninth, 2022:
Intumescent Coatings (Optionally available)
Intumescent coatings complying with SFI 54.1 (for instance, TEMPROTEX F1ER) are permitted for the underside of the Decrease Crush Panels, contained in the Exhaust Cowl Panels and the higher floor of the Rocker Field.
These areas are proven above.
It’s also permitted to use the coating to the precise aspect Tegris/MC2p/Polyweave Again Cease Panel – NG725140.
Entrance Weight Field/Splitter Seal (Obligatory)
A lateral seal/dam have to be put in between the again of the entrance clip weight field and the highest of the splitter panel (location proven above). This seal should lengthen laterally to the width of the engine panel.
The suggest of this dam is to scale back migration of tire derbis from the splitter space.
Again Cease Panel Materials (Obligatory)
Decrease entrance part of the precise aspect again cease panel have to be trimmed as indicated. The part that’s eliminated have to be changed by a 14 gauge stainless-steel panel. The metal panel have to be mounted inboard of the polymer panel.
Information for the stainless-steel panel and the trimmed model of the polymer panel are connected. The trim line for the polymer panel is 1″ beneath the fasterner centerline, as proven above.
Exhaust Set up
Utilizing any joint adjustement out there within the exhaust meeting, it is suggested that the clearance between the exhaust and the ground of the rocker field is maximized.
Watch the Kevin Harvick fireplace video
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