The conversation turned towards the recently announced Chicago street race set for July 2, 2023. "You just can’t quite because the nose isn’t down giving that positivity. "It took awhile to get used to it on entry because you would feel like, man, I’m just so tight getting on entry," Byron said. The California native asked the rising Cup Series talent how the transition to the Next Gen car had gone. How to be disciplined in that first hit and even if I’m not ready to turn the wheel, I just get going on the brake because if you lock, its only worse especially on a street course. "It’s been a very interesting thing to learn. "If you have to add more brake pressure on entry later in the brake zone, you will absolutely lock the tire every time," Johnson said. "You go in, you brake hard and then you modulate and still brake hard."
"For us, you know how it is," Byron said. They literally want you to just to pop it at 1600 psi and then you have all the downforce on the car so unlock the tires and then you are matching the downforce level and trying to have like a triangle shape for your brake trace." "I still have a few degrees where if you look at the data I still kind of creep in to peak power. "With all the downforce, our brake traces we build in to build pressure so we can avoid the wheel hop and here they want it vertical," Johnson explained. Johnson acknowledged that "the braking performance and just the cornering potential.
"I felt like my knees were the only thing holding me in," Byron said. When he was getting unbuckled, he immediately exclaimed, "that was cool."Īfter getting out of the car, Byron and Johnson chatted about the experience and the difference between the Cup Series cars and Ind圜ar. Upon coming back in from his lap with Andretti, the Charlotte, North Carolina, native was pumping his right arm, thrilled at his experience.
One difference in the rides was immediately apparent as Byron was getting in when Johnson quipped, "it takes a little getting used to having people strap you in." RELATED: Acronis comes on board for two races with Byron in '22 Andretti even offered the two-time winner in 2022 a chance to drive but Byron was excited to get a lap around the 14-turn, 2.439-mile course from the 1969 Indianapolis 500 winner. Prior to hopping in the car, Byron admitted that he didn’t think he had ever rode in a race car as a non-driver.
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