Death of the DeltaWing: What went wrong? | #TBT

racerfink said:

In reply to RacerBoy75 :

I've found that most racers hate bad racecars.

Then why was it leading the race at Daytona? It wasn't a bad race car, it was just different.

In reply to jcc :

I should mention regarding Daytona Delta demise, turn 1 is almost a blind corner, but if you look close, there was an inside corner yellow flag displayed in both pics.

RacerBoy75 said:

racerfink said:

In reply to RacerBoy75 :

I've found that most racers hate bad racecars.

Then why was it leading the race at Daytona? It wasn't a bad race car, it was just different.

Because it was an LMP1 car at a time when the highest class was LMP2 when the series merged

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeltaWing

"2014 season

The DeltaWing began competing in the new United SportsCar Championship in 2014. The four drivers at the 24 Hours of Daytona were Meyrick, Legge, eventual Indy Lights champion Gabby Chaves and Alexander Rossi.[34] Whilst the P1 class no longer competes in the USCC[35] the DeltaWing race team continued to run in their P1 specification of 490 kg and 350 bhp.[36] The DeltaWing led 15 laps of the 10-hour finale at Road Atlanta, the Petit Le Mans, en route to a season-high fourth-place finish."

Pretty easy to lead races when your car is a class higher than everyone else.