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Originally Posted by William930t
The stall test is simple, block off intake and try to start engine, a properly sealed intake (no extra openings or bypass) will not start. If it does start tech will fail the car because there is an opening somewhere allowing in additional air. The 45 car also failed the appeal, not good.
I was hopeful the GT3 in ALMS still had some fight in 2012 despite the slow start and bad luck early in the season. This would have been two wins in a row.
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This is a really cool test. I'm sure eventually, teams will figure out a way around it, just like they figured out ways around the restrictor plates to begin with. They probably had something that they expected to pass, but over the race, it wore out, and let in too much air, enough to start.
I lost my respect for the Lizards after a driver interview posted in panarama. Bergstrum either has a terrible memory, or was outright lying. I heard his radio communications live after Sebring, the year with the tangle with the Ferrari. He described it in the article as "good racing", yeah, he was on the radio saying the team should protest it for rough driving. Then he stated that the wreck with the 'Vette at 'Seca the 'Vette "lost control". Hmm, maybe leaning on it hard would do that?