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The trip to the concrete that young Bubba Wallace took at Pocono last weekend was a major topic at the beginning of the show among Earnhardt Jr. It is well worth the time to listen to the straight dope from the days when the Earnhardt legend was first in full bloom. were the terrors of the NASCAR paddock along with other sons of drivers, crew chiefs and associated personnel, which took up a good portion of the latter half of the program. The son of Jimmy Means, 12-year-old Brad and similarly aged Dale Jr. There was a visit from Dale Jr.’s old running buddy from the halcyon days of Big E, Brad Means. Download, Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s eponymous Dirty Mo Radio podcast, topics ran the gamut from Bubba Wallace’s hard crash at Pocono to Jimmie Johnson’s 600 th NASCAR start to Chevrolet’s uptick in performance to.the Holy Grail of NASCAR memorabilia. 1, 2018) – In this week’s episode of the Dale Jr. So Andersorp is the only race that the Fan Car, as it was nicknamed, competed in.MOORESVILLE, N.C.

The authorities allowed the BT46 three more races before the fan has to be removed, but Bernie played a political game and had the fans removed from the cars before the next race. But the BT46B is dominant at its debut at the Andertstorp GP in Sweden, and the other teams complain vehemently. Furthermore, when the car is stationary in the pits, a dustbin lid is used to hide the fan. To try to disguise the BT46B’s advantage, then Brabham boss Bernie Ecclestone instructs the drivers to qualify with full tanks of fuel. Naturally, the other teams objected to this slightly creative interpretation of the rules – and particularly Lotus boss Colin Chapman and driver Mario Andretti. He could, therefore, argue that the fan is for cooling the engine and the downforce is a side effect. The rules say that no moving parts can be added to the car primarily for aerodynamic advantage.

Instead, inspired by the Chapparal from sports car racing and taking advantage of a loophole in F1 regulations, he added a fan to the back of the BT46, creating the BT46B. Gordon Murray, at that time was designing grand prix cars for Brabham, and figured out Lotus’s secret, but couldn’t replicate it for the BT76 because its flat 12 Alfa Romeo engine didn’t allow space for the necessary venturi tunnels. It’s 1978 and Formula One racing is being dominated by the Lotus 79 and its pioneering ground effects.