2-3 x's cold is around 3-4 x's hot. That is about where you want to be. Don't worry about it. As an instructor, I know how tiring it can be to work and drive all day but you still ALWAYS have to do an oil lvel check at the end of the day (I usually check after every 2 runs).

 

I don't see "not knowing how the car works" as a problem for most track drivers. I mean, how many race car drivers at Indy or NASCAR or Daytona actually know how their cars work? They got whole pit crews doing all that stuff for them. They just stand around and wait till it's their turn to get in and do their thing. I wonder if any of them even know where and what kind of fuel pump their cars use.

 

I would imagine with the amount of testing they do, the drivers probably do know their cars mechanically quite well. Look at how much testing is done by F1 drivers, and the amount of feedback they give to enhance parts/performance

 

I'm not sure about that for ALL drivers. Have you seen Danika Patrick when her crew is working on her car? She looks totally disinterested and doesn't "seem" to have much of a clue about what or why they do something. "Testing" and giving feedback one thing. It's another to understand how something works and why it breaks.

 

Well I imagine going 180 mph around a circle for 500 laps doesn't take a hell of a lot of testing or development of new parts, so I can understand her not wanting to break a nail.

 

She's gotta stay purdy for all them photogs.

Oh, I've noticed Paul Tracey the same way, yet I've seen other drivers take an active role in pointing stuff out to the pit crew.

 

[QUOTE=xviper,May 31 2006, 10:56 AM]I don't see "not knowing how the car works" as a problem for most track drivers.