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04-23-2014, 07:52 PM
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Windows open or closed???
Guys when your racing auto cross on big tracks or any track, is there a requirement to have your windows open or closed while your out running. Seems to me windows open would cause a lot drag. If required open I could see that from a safety standpoint if you crash the glass stays in the door vs in your lap, face, other parts of the car, or scattered across the racing surface if left closed.
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04-23-2014, 07:57 PM
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The ownerships track insurance typically requires windows down.
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04-23-2014, 08:29 PM
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Windows open.
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04-23-2014, 09:10 PM
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Kind of figured as much. But is there anything you can do to lessen or relieve the drag caused by the open windows??
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04-23-2014, 09:49 PM
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Everyone else is experiencing the same thing.
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04-23-2014, 09:49 PM
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Drag shouldn't be much of a concern. The air buffeting is what drives me crazy, at 140mph it's intense and distracting.
Not sure of the real purpose of having them down. I like to have at least the passenger side up.
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04-24-2014, 10:44 AM
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MikeNoMaro
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I always ask for an exclusion on this window down rule. As white SS said, air buffeting is what drives me crazy also, even at 110mph it's intense and distracting.
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04-24-2014, 12:23 PM
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04-24-2014, 12:56 PM
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04-24-2014, 12:59 PM
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Drives: Chevys at the limit Join Date: Nov 2010
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Windows down. The only time I have been allowed to have windows up is if it was raining.
Edit: In Autox it has never mattered. Best regards, Tyler 888-308-6007 |
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04-24-2014, 10:29 PM
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If you go off track with windows up doors locked nobody can get in, windows open so people can get you out.
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04-25-2014, 12:12 AM
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You shouldn't have to worry about drag to much anyway. You're not worried about fuel mileage and you're not trying to go down a 1/4 mile track.
Autocross isn't fast enough to worry about but I could imagine how annoying the air is at 110+ mph lol. Sent from somewhere on the road.
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04-25-2014, 08:52 AM
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04-25-2014, 08:53 AM
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