Dru Bradley
I knew a guy that lost about 50 lbs to 65 lbs over the course of 6 months to a year, and the next time he got back in his car, just to get the feel of it again, after the off season and medical issue time of recouping, he came back to the pits, and was complaining to his team, that the car was all over the place and something was seriously wrong with the launch and handling.... And was not gonna push the rig until things were figured out.... Lol...
Team next to him, stated, "you probably need to start at the beginning on setting up the car again, or you can eat a lot of pasta 6 times a day to put back on the weight".... Lol.. And that guy was right, his car was set up with his fat a$$ sitting in it. They actually spent the entire season dialing the rig back in to what he weighed being thinner... I personally don't know how bad his rig was, but I can understand how in tune we can get with a machine, and when something changes, we know, even after a bit of time away from it, especially, the
fact that he had been rolling this same rig for about 10 years of so, and never missed an event that offered him some passes down a track...heck, he chose the race car over his wife of 7 years, lol, yes, they divorced... True story, she left him an ultimatum, "me or the car"..... He called a moving van service to have her stuff packed up, lol...