[Shotimes] Wilwood Caliper Brake Pads

[Ron Childs]

Also, on the superspeedways, they run WOT most of the way around the track and don't brake much at all. On short tracks they go all out then stand on the brakes approaching the turns. They use bigger brakes on the short tracks and smaller setups on the superspeedways.                                                                                                      -Ron 

Mark Nunnally <manunnal@netheaven.com> wrote:Along those same lines, some winston cup teams will run lower friction pads
at restrictor-plate superspeedways, to cut down on any drag the rotor/pad
cause from being against each other buzzing around the track WOT. If you
ever watch them qualify for a superspeedway race, you'll see a "pump your
brakes on pit" or "don't touch the brakes" note on the steering wheel for
the driver. They'll spread the pads as far away from the rotors as
possible, so there is no contact at all, just so they can run a couple of
laps wide open with the restrictor plate motor and get rid of as much drag
as possible. That and they run small calipers and thin rotors (at the rear)

mark
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