'We are watching you.' Serious allegations prompted the series leader to defend his team. 😤 9WWOS SpeedSeriesAU
The issue of roof flexing has long been known, with imagery suggesting the problem has persisted as far back as the first round of this year.
He explained that the flexing was first discovered in Lochie Dalton's car after it broke a roof strut. The team then went out of its way to replicate the fault on the sister cars. "But on the same token as well, I do see where everyone is coming from with it. At the end of the day, it's Trans Am, not NASCAR, it's not like we're racing around Daytona. Granted, it may give us maybe half a kilometre an hour down the straight at a maximum, to be honest, and with rear aero you honestly don't know if it helps or it doesn't.
The Mustang, Camaro and Challenger were all wind tunnel tested in the development of the formula before being distributed.Asked whether the perceived cheating was a bad look for the category, Herne doubled down on his assessment and commended his team for finding the loophole."You can go through the rule book and there's nothing wrong with it. You're entitled to an opinion, that's fair enough.
"At the end of the day, [A mechanic] was the one who found it. He needs a pat on the back for finding something so small; it has obviously kicked up a bit of a stink and it's played in the heads of the other competitors, which is good, it's exactly what we want. It's brought more attention to the category.
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