East Coast Drive

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

The closest thing there would be to an "East Coast Drive" would be a drive similar to the style used by teams like 11 and 125 - 1/4"ish aluminum plate, usually lightened, held together with standoffs. Non cantilevered wheels, sometimes dead axles in order to take advantage of the "free" standoff these axles become, and often not direct drive. Chain reductions between the gearbox and the wheels are common.

By which you mean a Brandon Holley Drive? It's moved to belts in recent years. Though this year we're running chain to make the pods narrower. 2 live axles and one dead per side this year. Last year was all live. I think the only defining characteristic is the parallel plate construction.