Autosport reports that Kimi Raikkonen will indeed begin testing trucks this week for Kyle Busch at a small oval just NE of Atlanta (my hometown).
Kyle Busch sounds confident in his new alliance, but I can't help but read between Busch's quoted lines in this report.
It's fair to draw a bit of contrary perspective, and I'm more than happy to do so.
Racing is far more than squirreling around with low down force on pavement at high speed.
I have no doubt that a driver's ability to quell such an unsettling sense of instability and master the state of "yaw" to competitive advantage merits great respect.
That respect should be however tempered by the ironic truth that braking has always and will always remain the true test of speed.
Sliding all over the place on a banked oval is very different than dealing with the multitude of physics which work against the ticking clock under braking, trail braking, accelerating through, and out of an apex.
I don't need to overstate the obvious. NASCAR requires a skill set just as everything else. To suggest, however subtle, that Raikkonen is taking a step forward rather than across is nothing more than skilled corporate communications.
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