2013 NASCAR Thread

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Kurt/Kahne both had some strong cars all race long, sucks Kurt can't seem to finish the deals as close as he has been.

This was a weird 600 with the wrecks and stuff.
 
Wilbur
Kurt/Kahne both had some strong cars all race long, sucks Kurt can't seem to finish the deals as close as he has been.

This was a weird 600 with the wrecks and stuff.
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Kurt has put Furniture Row closer to the front than they ever have been. I gotta believe he is having fun, more fun than last year's tier 3 team. I'd love to see this owner grow and flourish!
 
Or they could do a 1000 km race. They only need to add 15-20 laps to the 600.
 
Talladega 1000 mile race with no restrictor plates. It would still be done before the 600 was last night.
 
GTPorsche
No one wants to watch that happen.
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Without restrictor plates, there would be less pack racing, and less giant crashes. The sheer speed would be a spectacle, and some people would definitely rather watch that than the typical Talladega parade for 450 miles, with giant pile-ups during the last 50 miles.
 
MustangRyan
Without restrictor plates, there would be less pack racing, and less giant crashes. The sheer speed would be a spectacle, and some people would definitely rather watch that than the typical Talladega parade for 450 miles, with giant pile-ups during the last 50 miles.
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Higher speeds = higher closing rates, whether or not they are in packs. The cars are built to be safe at speeds up to 200mph. No one wants to be the driver that finds out the cars aren't safe at speeds of over 215mph.
 
GTPorsche
Higher speeds = higher closing rates, whether or not they are in packs. The cars are built to be safe at speeds up to 200mph. No one wants to be the driver that finds out the cars aren't safe at speeds of over 215mph.
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215? Rusty in I believe 2003 went over 230 MPH in a car that weighed more then the Gen 6, with an engine that didn't produce as much horsepower (Maybe a hundred or so HP difference? They typically produce about 10-15 more HP per year), and out of the draft.
I'd fully expect them to at least be approaching X2010 speeds in the draft (Not 300, more like 270)
 
Ganon83
215? Rusty in I believe 2003 went over 230 MPH in a car that weighed more then the Gen 6, with an engine that didn't produce as much horsepower (Maybe a hundred or so HP difference? They typically produce about 10-15 more HP per year), and out of the draft.
I'd fully expect them to at least be approaching X2010 speeds in the draft (Not 300, more like 270)
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It was 2004, with a 228 mph top speed, but an average lap speed of only 216 mph, which means he either slowed down in the corner or scrubbed off the speed in the corners.

http://www.caranddriver.com/news/rusty-runs-unrestricted-car-news
 
He hit 228mph top speed, lap speeds were as high as 216mph.

"It was a helluva deal that I certainly will remember for the rest of my life," Wallace added. "We'd all been wondering what it would feel like to run at Talladega again without the plates, and now I know. I'll bet we could be running speeds up to 235 without the plates if we spent time doing some tweaking. But I'll tell you this—there's no way we could be out there racing at those speeds. It was neat to be out there running that fast by myself, but it would be insane to think we could have a pack of cars out there doing that."
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Imagine the 1000 mile Talladega race we are talking about, but at night with lights and stuff. That would be awesome
 
So the comment section on NASCAR's website has a new excuse:
"Comments are currently unavailable. We’re working on the development of a NASCAR fan forum – please stay tuned."
I don't think it took Jordan half a year to develop and put up GTPlanet...... nevermind this is a multi-billion dollar corporation.
 
Ganon83
So the comment section on NASCAR's website has a new excuse:
"Comments are currently unavailable. We’re working on the development of a NASCAR fan forum – please stay tuned."
I don't think it took Jordan half a year to develop and put up GTPlanet...... nevermind this is a multi-billion dollar corporation.
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Been like that ever since the redesign.

Might just have to run a 1000 mile Dega race on NR2003, simulate it to see how long it lasts :p
 
I thought they had it simply written as it being temporarily down. The forum thing is new to me.
A forum ran by NASCAR? You'd get bans just for saying the Gen 6 sucks and fails at what it was designed to do according to last night (Make passing easier and make it so that the leader can't just drive away).
 
Furinkazen
Been like that ever since the redesign.

Might just have to run a 1000 mile Dega race on NR2003, simulate it to see how long it lasts :p
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The record pace for a 500 mile race at Talladega with restrictor plates is approximately 188mph, done by Mark Martin in 1997, when the entire race was completed without a caution. If you extrapolated this out for the 1000-mile race with restrictor plates in place and no cautions, the race would take just over 5 hours and 18 minutes. Add cautions, and you're looking at something like a 6 to 7 hour race, with plates.
 
MustangRyan
The record pace for a 500 mile race at Talladega with restrictor plates is approximately 188mph, done by Mark Martin in 1997, when the entire race was completed without a caution. If you extrapolated this out for the 1000-mile race with restrictor plates in place and no cautions, the race would take just over 5 hours and 18 minutes. Add cautions, and you're looking at something like a 6 to 7 hour race, with plates.
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What about the 2001 EA Sports 500? The cautionless one (I think it was that one).
 
Ganon83
So the comment section on NASCAR's website has a new excuse:
"Comments are currently unavailable. We’re working on the development of a NASCAR fan forum – please stay tuned."
I don't think it took Jordan half a year to develop and put up GTPlanet...... nevermind this is a multi-billion dollar corporation.
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Well, it helped that gtplanet was put up by someone that cared and knew what the hell he was doing.
 
Furinkazen
176.473. Seems pretty slow actually.
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What numbers are you looking at? I see three cautionless races, all from 1997 through 2002, all of which have average speeds between 183 and 189 mph.
 
MustangRyan
What numbers are you looking at? I see three cautionless races, all from 1997 through 2002, all of which have average speeds between 183 and 189 mph.
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I looked at the IROC result :ouch: :lol:

184.003 actually. Seems right.
 
ICEYOU
Nice to see Tony back in his legacy colors. Black and Orange!
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Look at all that black.
 

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