NASCAR monitoring heat and carbon monoxide inside COT’s
Quote selected text Published June 22nd, 2008 in NASCAR News
The thermometer hovered at 102 degrees just prior to Friday’s qualifying at Infineon Raceway, which means the temperature inside the Sprint Cup cars was much hotter.
Not to worry.
NASCAR is monitoring the situation.
The governing body began last week at Michigan International Speedway monitoring the heat inside the new cars after several drivers complained that they were hotter than the old cars.
They also began doing random tests for carbon monoxide to guarantee nobody was at risk.
The findings were just what officials anticipated, that cars with proper ventilation, vents and insulation had no problem. For example, the temperature inside the car of Brian Vickers was 130 degrees, compared to 105 for another.
“You start looking at the cars and say how can this be, they’re all the same?” series director John Darby said. “Well, the 105 degree car didn’t have a lot of vents and stuff in it, but they did take the time to insulate the floorboard and put insulation around the exhaust pipes.
“There’s so many little things that make a difference that if you want to do them you can do them.”
Monitoring the heat isn’t new to NASCAR. Darby said the governing body periodically has done this for six years when the temperatures are unusually hot or “you get a couple of guys whining about it.”
He said temperatures have gotten as high as 148 degrees with the old car.
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I agree with NASCAR, if teams don’t want to do the little things to make there drivers more comfortable, oh well quit complaining .
Vickers car is Blue, and I bet the car that was 105 was either the 44 or 00 which are usually white. Also the reason I say the 44 or 00 is because when the 00 flipped you could see the insulation all on the bottom.
The findings were just what officials anticipated, that cars with proper ventilation, vents and insulation had no problem. For example, the temperature inside the car of Brian Vickers was 130 degrees, compared to 105 for another.
It is funny how nascar pointed out vickers and did not mention who the other was?
Sam that part was from ESPN and not a NASCAR official quote. So it’s ESPN who pointed it out not NASCAR.