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Qualifying Session and Strategy Discussion

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My Second Race EVER in Vintage NASCAR Monte Carlo! (Comeback After Major Crash)

What happens here

The driver participates in a qualifying session on the track. Despite this being only his third qualifying attempt ever, he achieves a 5th place starting position, out-qualifying several more experienced drivers. This success boosts his confidence for the upcoming races. Following qualifying, the driver discusses tire strategy and track conditions with another racer, AJ Henriksen (#46 car), highlighting the importance of tire temperature and chassis adjustments for optimal performance at night.

Goal: Achieve a strong qualifying position and refine race strategy based on track conditions.

Tools and materials

  • iPhone Apple — To view qualifying results
  • Monte Carlo Race Car Chevrolet — The race car used for qualifying

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I know. I know you you'll do good. >> This is Mitchell Stapleton. He is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and he has a great YouTube channel. >> That was my best qualifying yet. Um I wound up fifth and I outqualified um a few cars that I normally do not. I've never been >> Normally. It's your third race. >> Yeah, this is my third race. This is my third qualifying ever my life. Yeah, I'm I'm pretty happy with this. I think this is going to be some fun racing. >> Feel pretty good. >> Yeah, feels good. I think I could have done better. Like if there was a third lap, I think I would have done better cuz they were still they weren't like in yet when I got out there. They were still they weren't warm. >> Yeah, >> maybe I could have done a better job of heating them up. >> I That's what I messed up on. I didn't I didn't heat them up quite enough. I don't think I've ever qualified or ran any lap time under any circumstance ever that was that close to yours. >> Yeah, >> you're usually like a half second or more faster than me. >> You're within 3/10, I think. >> Yeah. >> Right on. >> This will be fun. I have qualified Mosley. I've never done that before. >> Yeah, that's awesome. >> And Bob. >> Yeah, that's a comfort thing. Before you know it, you'll be like, "Holy fast." >> Do you think the track's going to tighten up more? >> Yeah. When people say, "Oh, they get tighter at night." Automatically, you would think, "Well, that's weird because why are why would the front end not work at night?" It's actually the front end's working better than day, but the rear is working even that much better where it's just you have better drive to where now you're going to slide the front end. Basically, you're just you're hooking up the rear more at night than the front. That's usually the case with these kind of cars, especially on bias ply tires. Sometimes that's not so much the case on radials. very track sensitive on radials. It >> seems like everywhere we go with these tires on bias pies, it it usually tightens up at night. >> Almost always. >> Do you think I should uh raise the like move the track bar a little bit or leave it the way it is? >> We're going to raise ours like just a couple of rounds. >> How much does one round change your feel? >> Not a whole lot. That's another thing. We're on radials. One round you'll feel…

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