Ready for this?

What's up with the front end on this thing?! It looks crumpled, like it's already been wrecked or something. It does look similar to the jayski spy pics of the #41, but this #12 pic is the first we've seen wearing its race paint scheme.

Let's just hope ugly = fast. Maybe this nose will give good downforce.



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This could be a plate track car, probably for Daytona testing. Not 100% sure but looking at last year pics, the nose of them seem to be flat like the 12 car...

 

i didnt read the post before viewing the pic..but my first thought was, that car looks wrecked..

i dont like the heavily recessed lights...it will be interesting to see..

at least it doesnt have 4 doors...

 

It doesn't look too aero dynamic with eh headlight recessed like that... but hey, what do I know? LOL!

~Amanda

 

If you all will look carefully, the nose is not actually crumpled, that is just the shadow of the person taking the picture on the bumper.
-Mike

 

That thing is fugly.

The heavy recessed lights will provide a considerable amount of downforce like that. It's very similar to what NASCAR allowed the GM whiners to do to the Monte crappo when they couldn't get that POS to handle. From the looks of it, it's just an Intrepid with a new nose. Well, let's hope it runs better than it looks.

 

You're right, there is no damage, the corners are too "soft". It is a rather interesting change in aerodynamics, though....

 

looks like the front end of a Nascar Monte carlo with a cross hair grill

 

All I can see is the mask of Darth Vader![:'(]

 

Careful, Joe would be offended... hehehe! [sm=vader1.gif][sm=vader.gif]

~Amanda