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Why are some full panels & some got the lower bottom corner cut off ? I have noticed Saldana's cut off all year & Schatz started out the year with a full one & now it isn't.

For visibility, some will run full panels on bigger tracks cuase you won't run as much wing angle at Knoxville as you would at husets, and use the angle right side panel at smaller tracks to maintain visibility, some use them at all track.

also i forgot to mention, when they ran bristol with the extreme banking, some also had to cut the left side wing panel corner to see out of the left side too!

Thanks that makes sense!

this makes a huge differance, expessially with cut down front posts, i personally dont like the looks of the (voided) wing, but, the vission is even worse on the wedge style(largest style) RH sideboard, ive noticed alot of the guys commonly running the (cut) style side board are from PA,  just depends on preferance and avalibility, most of the manufactures have the option aval, in traffic this helps tremendously on cars(drivers) that use shorty (cut) front posts, like stated earlier, the wing angle is common to be more agressive on the shorter tracks for lack of wing speed (thus less downforce) with the increased angle the RH vission is very difficult.

The more banking a track has the more difficult it becomes to see out the right side due to the full panels....it's kind of amazing how much difference it makes just having that little angle cut out of it.

Loose is when you hit the wall with the rear of the
car, tight is when you hit the wall with the front of
the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and
torque is how far you move the wall.