That's because these purpose-built race cars are equipped with reinforced hubs and wheel bearings, stiffened suspension with reset or completely reworked geometry, and body and aero packages designed for minimal drag, maximum downforce and a wider track. These highly sophisticated and carefully engineered modifications make what would appear to be impossibly low ride height and super-aggressive wheel offset work extremely well in a high-performance environment.

Which brings us to the current automotive styling trend of super-aggressive wheel offset and super-low ride height known best by the word "hellaflush." Just to be clear, I'm not a hellaflush hater by any means - I consider automotive stylists like Jayson Pizarro and the Fatlace crew to be very important trendsetters within the industry. The thing is, guys at the forefront of the scene like Jayson understand how to achieve a very aggressive wheel offset and super-low stance without overly compromising the performance of their vehicle, but the average Joe out there who wants to slam and stretch his car's stance may not fully understand the consequences of doing so in a quick, half-baked way. So let's take a look at what happens to your car's handling and steering when you stuff super-aggressive offset wheels and tires under it and dump its ride height to the ground.