.JensonButton made his Garage56 test debut at Daytona this week. But the team says it 'has a lot of work to do' to get competitive for its Le Mans 24 outing this year. Story:
NASCAR's Garage 56 Le Mans 24 Hours team admits it"has a lot of work to do" to get the adapted Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 competitive after a test at Daytona.As part of a joint effort between NASCAR, Hendrick Motorsports, Automobile Club de l’Ouest, IMSA and Goodyear, the modified Next-Gen-based Camaro ZL1 will take part in this year's centenary Le Mans 24 event.as one of the drivers of the Garage 56 entry alongside NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson and sportscar ace Mike Rockenfeller.
Garage 56's project manage Chad Knaus says it's hard to know where the car will sit in the competitive order due to the unknown of Balance of Performance rules. "It’s a bit of a moving target," said Knaus of where he’d like the pace of the car to fit within the competitive order at Le Mans."We’re not too versed in the BoP side of life, so we don’t have a movement on that, we’re about getting ultimate performance out of the car, so that’s really going to end [in the overall competitive order] with where the BoP ends up.
"Obviously, there is body roll, it feels like it oversteers, but it’s not oversteering; it’s actually just the car itself taking a seat.
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