NASCAR 2012 Thread

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In what may or may not be an April Fool's, NASCAR and Google have teamed up for a special announcement.

The Autonomous NASCAR Google stock car.

There's a video detailing it here with some funny comments from the drivers. :dopey: (I love hearing Keselowski's comments.


The reason I'm not sure if it's an April Fool's joke is Google has actually been working on that tech.
I mean, I know it's not serious going to compete, but they may be seriously doing this project as a sideshow for.. say.. Daytona?
 
I always like an April Fools joke that actually seems plausible.



It's from March 2011, so it's not just a video to help the joke.
 
Yeah, when he (Eric Schmidt, Google CEO) initially made the quote below, it actually caused a small uproar in the automotive world. I can't recall what was said now, as this was back in 2010 when it happened, but the way the media spun it, was that he was insulting early generations for creating the automobile, before we created the computer.

“It’s a bug that cars were invented before computers,”
Eric Schmidt, Google CEO

It was at some Technology convention, where Google had a presentation, and it was the... 'unveiling' I guess you would call it? of the self driving car. This was in Sept of 2010 according to Google. So while the NASCAR part maybe be an April Fools joke, the self driving car is not, in neither theory nor practice.

As a car enthusiast, it's hard to imaging not having the ability to go for a Sunday cruise. But from a political, humanitarian and safety standpoint, computer driven cars, would eliminate over 30,000 deaths a year. From an economic standpoint, consider how Auto Insurance would alter. Assume these computer cars will all be electric, and you see how gas becomes near obsolete, with that, consider how much pollution gets cut. When you take into account the possibility, that speed limits will no longer be of relevance, speeds can safely INcrease, without human error a possibility, travel times get dramatically reduced, especially on longer trips. Consider how much smoother traffic(looking at you Rush hour!) will flow, if it were entirely computer controlled.

Think about:
Never paying a traffic ticket again.
Never paying for a drop of gasoline.
Auto Insurance rates get cut by 75%. (Assuming you only need theft/damage/vandalism)
Rush Hour stress, with a nap.
Reducing the Earths carbon monoxide pollution by 60%.

I love driving... but at some point in the not so distant future, I doubt we'll legally be allowed to.
 
guys jimmie johnson has a plan and hes got a good car he wasnt going full throtle during practice and qualifying + if he has made it to 9th in sprint cup then hes got a very good chance of winning
 
Man, would I be scared if I had the 88 beneath me today. He is wiggling around on the low-line and definitely not afraid to nudge to win the spot.
 
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I have already stated this before, in another thread, but clearly the warning fell upon deaf ears, therefore it is being replicated in these threads.

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i hate kurt so its all good

do you see jimmie johnson though hes going wild

hendrick seems to have the best cars
200th win today
 
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Guess Kurt's not the only Busch having issues today.
 
Broken track bar on Kyle's car, and Jimmie was too fast exiting pit road.

I guess Jimmie is going wild. :lol:
 
I think Fox it trying to see how crappy they can make their coverage without being the worst.:yuck:
 
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no way i hate kurt after he was mean to jj
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