Another unseen lesson their may have been that to go fast you need good parts put together properly and you need a good chassis to win in oval track racing, correct?
I use to help a roundy round racer that would normally qualify really well and then proceed to race his way to the back of the pack in a very short time during the race
His brother was the opposite, he could, and did, advance his position during the race My message is it ain't just the car or driver, it is the total combination