2015 NASCAR Thread - And then there was 1

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Northstar
Why would anyone want traction control?
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Blood Eagle
Not even F1 uses traction control fyi



















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cnd01
Traction control detracts from the driver element of the race. Plus, not even F1 uses it
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I know what you mean. I blanked out on the tech stuff. I meant tire pressure monitors:sly:

Also single lug wheels like in road racing and Indycar. Granted. It's much cooler to watch the 5-lug setup but the single lug is easier on the crews and cool in its own right. Also, standardized brakes on all tracks. As well as pit road speed limiters
Tiddy
You can keep your IRS too :D
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HAHAHAHA yeah right. IRS will make the cars faster, turn better, and lead to better racing. Also, real cars use IRS. The only things that don't are trucks (monster trucks and short course/trophy trucks) and it should stay that way.

Oh and more carbon fiber!
 
IRS on a Cup Car you'd see a lot of axle and CV breakage issues I bet. The whole season with the exception of the road courses are all roundy round so no real need for IRS.
 
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Yes, and they have a habit of breaking axles currently due to the habit of having concrete pitboxes on asphalt tracks. Although it doesn't happen that often.
 
Blood Eagle
IRS on a Cup Car you'd see a lot of axle and CV breakage issues I bet. The whole season with the exception of the road coursed are all roundy round so no real need for IRS.
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I beg to differ. They can be tuned for left-hand only turns just fine I'm sure. Plus, RC setups with IRS work just fine
 
IRS wouldn't make the cars any faster on the roundy rounds. Also, add a significant price tag and not be as strong. We're splitting hairs here.
 
AMPMROCKETFANN
I know what you mean. I blanked out on the tech stuff. I meant tire pressure monitors:sly:

Also single lug wheels like in road racing and Indycar. Granted. It's much cooler to watch the 5-lug setup but the single lug is easier on the crews and cool in its own right. Also, standardized brakes on all tracks. As well as pit road speed limiters

HAHAHAHA yeah right. IRS will make the cars faster, turn better, and lead to better racing. Also, real cars use IRS. The only things that don't are trucks (monster trucks and short course/trophy trucks) and it should stay that way.

Oh and more carbon fiber!
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You underestimate the effectiveness of a well tuned live axle system.

Your opinions seem based upon the idea of 'real' cars and pre-defined ideas.

Tell me, with the exception of less unsprung mass what exactly does IRS do better?
 
GTPorsche
The "roots" is a bunch of bull. The roots of NASCAR dealt with showroom stock cars. They haven't been showroom cars for over 50 years.
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Now hold on their they at least took stock showroom cars in the 70s hen made them into race cars, it was the late 80s and early 90s that saw the birth of full blown wrap around aero on sheet metal bodies on a rolling chassis that had no relation to the company they represented beside the money a certain team was floating on and the sticker badge to symbolize what they "were".
 
LMSCorvetteGT2
Now hold on their they at least took stock showroom cars in the 70s hen made them into race cars, it was the late 80s and early 90s that saw the birth of full blown wrap around aero on sheet metal bodies on a rolling chassis that had no relation to the company they represented beside the money a certain team was floating on and the sticker badge to symbolize what they "were".
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GTPorsche
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Not sure how that goes against what I said...if that was what you were doing. In fact it only proves it further. If you're going to say a fully stock car then sure the 60s were the last time which would be the 50 years ago you speak of but since the 70s and even 80s still took many parts of the Stock version especially the 70s (even the chart shows it). A full blown no relation to manufacture took absolute effect in the 90s.

Which is the roots many think of 70s I'd say when NASCAR was commercially starting to grow. Having a stock body and modified frame or even a mostly stock body with some body panels from the manufacture that are modified.
 
Can't we all just agree that NASCAR is no longer a "roots" sport and is a complete "corprat" sport that doesn't care if the cars are actually stock, but only cares about the money it's making.

Mkay, thanks.
 
Leadfoot530
Can't we all just agree that NASCAR is no longer a "roots" sport and is a complete "corprat" sport that doesn't care if the cars are actually stock, but only cares about the money it's making.

Mkay, thanks.
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I think that it's more important that the series makes money than if it's true to its roots. What works in 1970 rarely works best in 2015
 
I'm not going. I'm just starving right now and a 6lb bacon/hot dog/pulled pork cheeseburger sounds pretty good to me right about now.

It's just a gimmick. Mostly meant for a family or a tailgate party. I'm sure there will be more than a few drunk fans that try to take them down solo though.
 
Logano and Brad K. wreck following Brad getting loose off of turn 4 while trying to go around the lapped car of Alex Kennedy.
 

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