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Old 03-05-2011, 05:33 PM
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I think it would do pretty dam good in stock configuration let alone if it was prepped for the speed and condition.

Has anyone thought about this.

I am watching NASCAR on TV now and it just seemed like a easy job for our cars
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Stock configuration? Please explain how that would work when your typical cup car will lap most ovals close to, if not above 200mph.

There is a lot more to going 200mph for 500 miles than a car capable of traveling 200mph. Someone more versed in chassis and suspension design can chime in here.

So to answer your question, horrible - not a chance unless one was modified to the level of the rest of the cars and then it would depend on which team / driver was behind the car.

Remember back in 1984 when a Chevy MonteCarlo "Stock Car" spanked the Löwenbräu Porsche 962 on a Winston Cup track.
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The NASCAR stockers have about 850 HP at the crank...
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I hope you don't apply the same logic when you watch ****.
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Is this thread a joke? Your 928 would get mercilessly destroyed. Period. (As would any other street car up to and including a Veyron).
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Originally Posted by bwmac
I am watching NASCAR on TV...
....ah, there's your mistake!
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Here might be a better question. If you could take a 928 back in time, how far back would you need to go for a 928 to be competitive in Nascar, either stock or supercharged?
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Originally Posted by rgs944
Here might be a better question. If you could take a 928 back in time, how far back would you need to go for a 928 to be competitive in Nascar, either stock or supercharged?
Early 60's.
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There's also that annoying problem about turning left at sustained high rpms...
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Originally Posted by lowside67
(As would any other street car up to and including a Veyron).
Yup

Sure the Veyron can go 250+mph, watch the top speed videos and see how long it takes to get there. Meanwhile a stock car is traveling 200+ in half a lap.
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You mean as a pace car right? NASCAR's are race cars with only the slightess resemblance to actual street cars.
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I might actually watch Nascar if stock cars really WERE stock cars, and not tube framed racecars all running the same engine.
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