Chris L.

I don't quite see it that way. Not to make this another "NASCAR or NASCRAP" thread, but many of these guys never "grew up" racing road courses and still don't feel comfortable doing so. Many others do a great job of wielding #3600 lb machines around at incredible speeds on a course with both left and RIGHT turns!

Also I doubt many of us have had the opportunity to run in a pack of 43 cars inches apart at 200mph on the banking of Daytona like your avatar shows.

Just different styles of having fun.

By the way: those electric A/C units go for about 6k if anyone wants to put one in their cars.

VaSteve

Painful as a drover, but fun as a fan. 4th or 5th guy loses control and takes out the 2nd and 3rd place guys. Exciting! Very different than the usual races for those guys. Woulda sucked to have been in second for any stretch today.

Someone explain to me how they can throw in these "ringers" all the sudden? I supposed the qualified, but how's that help the usual driver under that number with points and all that. Bummer for JPL, that really sucked to get bumped out like that by the "one race wonder" as the pit crew put it.


My car came with a/c!!

BrianKeithSmith

993inNC - I respect you man. But.... Here we go again....

3400 lbs
narrow tires
small brakes (Relative to the weight of the car)
NO DOWNFORCE

I've seen Boris hit quite a few people out there in a Cup car, and he's suppose to be one of the best there are (and I believe he probably is one the best there are BTW). Put these guys in a GT3 cup and they'll keep up with PCA guys - no problem I'd guess... They MIGHT even pass a few of them...

VaSteve

So really the wrong tool for the application...

Veloce Raptor

+ Juan

Mark in Baltimore

Guys . . . if the ice in your cooler turns to water, you can always turn off the circulating pump before you circulate 98+ degree water . . .

Dell, I think it's a valid question.

F350Lawman

That's funny...no really it is. Sort of the way suggesting that Brian Urlacher isn't good enough for the local flag football league is funny. See it might take Brian awhile to get use to grabbing the flag instead of tackling...get it??

They struggle with a differnet type of racing in cars that aren't designed for that type of racing either. Same way the driver's from the "real forms of racing" struggle on the NASCAR ovals. By the way, the NASCAR guys often beat the "ringers" with the racing experience on the road course. If they drove that poorly, the ringers would win everytime.

VaSteve

The Friday truck racing is a fraud. It would be more honest if they had a tool box in the back and were randomly assigned a 4x8 sheet of plywood or a sack of concrete. Those aren't real trucks!

F350Lawman

Nah, it's a coupe w/ a loooong trunk more likely. Hey but they are trying to sell trucks, if the were trying to sell minivans, they could probably swap out the plastic body on that tube chasis in about 5 minutes

analogmike

I have never had a problem with my cool suits but I have heard that if you stop it, the water in the suit gets really hot and uncomfortable. Not sure why, maybe it's like adding another layer of clothing that keeps the heat IN your body?

993inNC

Thanks.....? I think

To be fair, my car weights just about that much, my down force is.......? marginal?, brakes ....are mine bigger than a NASCAR car?
I think its more the drivers than the car. How much do these guys get paid and they drive like that?

I thought I'd get alot more backing here given the company...........man that bus is painful

993inNC

I would agree with that first comment (well I guess the whole premise of the response) except that this isn't the only road course NCar goes to, and I find it hard to believe there are that few road course races and practice prior to these events that they don't (or can't) do a better job. The race just looked very .....less than amateur to me. Maybe I've gotten to used to much more respectful racing. The reason I kept watching was because it really was the proverbial bad car wreck...........just had to see what it was and what was coming next. I mean I saw more passing attempts that ended up in hits or spins that clearly shouldn't have been tried, penalties would have been assessed in any other form of racing.

For me its like watching a baseball game where someone gets hit with a ball and it ends up clearing the benches and they all start fighting like a bunch of little children. Just not a good model for the sport is my point, same kinda applies to the topic at hand.
Just my .02 cents

F350Lawman

Yes, it is a little "rough and tumble" but I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Comparing NASCAR to other forms of racing is sort of like comparing Eueopean hockey or basketball and the American versions of those sports...we're...uh....much more physical.

LVDell

3400# Chris?

Besides, we have seen you drive!

mrbill_fl

5 yrs ago, I worked pit lane at homestead (winston cup (400) race at time), mark martin's #6 had a refrigration setup.. for driver..

I never saw it hooked up, but asked crew what all that stuf was (wrapped in foil)... didn't see any other cars using that. at time...

-so some use it.