parachute effect
I'm not certain that the wheel well aft of the tire catches any air at all in the context of a parachute.A parachutes drag is created from the all-separation,enormous turbulent wake above it.
A pool of dead air may just travel along with the quarter panel,as with a rear bumper,with the active flow just ricocheting off the dead air.
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