"At a road course you can run it on the left side. You’re constantly turning right so the lateral Gs will pull the fuel to the left side of the car.’’
Even though the new car was designed for teams to run the same car at a road course that they do any other track, most teams prepare specially made machines. That doesn’t always spell success.
“I’ll be honest, we haven’t done too well at road courses with our road course cars,’’ Knaus said. “But we’re doing everything we can to change that.”
Knaus doesn’t know exactly why the No. 48 team hasn’t won on a road course. Luck plays a role. Johnson had a strong car last year at Sonoma, leading 27 laps after leading only three in his six previous trips there.
He finished 15th, losing track position because he was caught on pit road at the wrong time.
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