Thread: NA$CAR races

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Originally Posted by Daffy427

... too many boring race tracks like Texas and California(and many other intermediate cookie cutters that they have recently built) that are too easy to drive and are 3 grooves wide.......

That there sounds like a lot of Florida diddly poop to me ..................

Kitz

I say they need to go back to factory cars, Or Stop calling them stock car races! The only thing stock is the hood & trunk lid!

Dave, you wouldn't like it if every!, I mean Every car in go round racing & Drag cars were Identical inside & out in all classes, except for the number on the side. (To identify which was yours) It makes it boring to watch!!

My $.02 worth!
Pat

Originally Posted by HemiTCoupe

I say they need to go back to factory cars, Or Stop calling them stock car races! The only thing stock is the hood & trunk lid!

Dave, you wouldn't like it if every!, I mean Every car in go round racing & Drag cars were Identical inside & out in all classes, except for the number on the side. (To identify which was yours) It makes it boring to watch!!

My $.02 worth!
Pat

We already have that.....From Top Fuel down to Super Gas.... The brackets and lower classes not near as affected by it, though. As to the body design, don't really see what else NASCAR could do other then the one big template plan..... Without it, whoever has the most $$$$$ to spend on wind tunnel time and body developement wins.....

Watching a race, I'm more into what "my drivers" are doing and could really give a hoot what they drive!!!! Smoke went from chebbie to Toyota, then back to chebbie....but he's still my man!!!! Brand loyalty used to be a huge thing to the team owners---Petty and Plymouth, Jr. Johnson and chebbie, etc.... Heck, all the late model racing and the IMCA and WISSOTA mods run identical aluminum panels with just a different plastic nose piece....

My "cure" for what ails NASCAR is to keep the current body specs, lower the minimum weight down to about 2800 pounds, and implement the old ASA rule of 9:1 compression and let the crew chiefs run whatever gear they can build an engine to live with!!!!!! If they went to "stock body and chassis" cars with parts available at the dealerships parts counter, that would be fine with me!!!!! Can't you see the Ford boys lining up them rear wheel drive Crown Vics with the 5.4 DOHC engines with Superchargers!!!!!! Where the heck would the chebbie boys be with them antique pushrod engines??????

Also, lets go back to NASCAR running on the real race tracks like Rockingham!!! Then instead of more 1 1/2 mile tracks lets build a Bristol like track with the progressive banking and make it a mile long.....Oh yeah, and don't forget the stop on a few dirt tracks, especially the old, flat fairgrounds mile tracks!!!!!

NASCAR is far from perfect, but in the Motorsports arena, it's certainly the most successful and profitable series out there!!!!!!

OK guys, whatja think of that Talladega race?

I too was at Daytona, our seats are half way between the exit to pit road and the starting line. I saw a lot of empty seats. I had scanner trouble about 2/3's the way through the race and the people who take the tickets were gone, and the gates where open anyone could come in! Saturday they were selling tickets at a very discounted price, which upset me because I had to pay full price for mine last Feb. What do I think would make for better racing? Did you know that you make $80,000 dollars to finish last, you can make almost 3 million dollars just to "make" every race. I do not know the answer, I do love going, we have garage passes and infield parking permits, so being there is a fun expierence. I will keep on going until the Toyota's finally take over, which I am afraid is going to happen. We will see. But once in a while there is some serious on track racing. Edd

Talladega Race
Great race - that is if you like to see 20-30 cars destroyed, spectators injured, cars running in a 43 car (or whatever is left after a major crash) pack. Speeds on a track that really wasn't built for them, regardless of the history, including Bill Elliott in 1987 at 213. Eventually, there will be drivers or other deaths there. Drivers hate it with a passion

I like to see racing - and that wasn't what I call racing - it's called survival.

If that's your kind of race, enjoy.