Posted on 11/02/2009 5:21:33 PM PST by NormsRevenge
The fix is in, except when it comes to the real problems. Talladega again proof NASCAR faced with serious issues.
Silence not only won’t be golden; it might eventually turn deadly.
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Having everyone more evenly matched and slowed down makes them more likely to wreck.. Brilliant!
If I wanted to see a Demolition Derby, I’ll go to the county fair. The end of that race was pretty rough.
I was at the Dallas Motor Speedway several years back when Ryan flipped like that before (I think it was his second year driving). Another wreck where you know if someone is fine after that, it is pretty amazing engineering.
Rocket man just can't keep it on the ground.
a writer asks .. ‘Wha’ happ’n, Miguel?
He’s had a couple pretty nasty wrecks.. it looks like it is slow motion when he was gliding backward at 150 mph about to nudge HapPy Harvick’s hood.. pretty close call indeed.
as to his walking away.. roll bar and cockpit design / technology has come a long way. His dogs and wife were thrilled too when he climbed out. :-)
I’m with Jimmy Johnson (and many others) on this one. Knock the banking down to 18 or 20 degrees and they’ll slow down or crash.
The formula makes for much higher speeds at Michigan and California but slower averages without the big crashes.
I say dump the restrictor plates and run narrower tires with a less grippy compound.
My answer to Dega is here... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2373259/posts?page=680#680
195 MPH? How DO you keep a car on the ground at that speed if it starts to flip up? The Cessna airplanes I used to fly had a lower Never Exceed speed!
Tracks like Cali and Michigan already make up most of the races and they are boring. More short tracks.
You’re talking about dumping Talladega and that isn’t going to happen.
I watched the better part of that race. It was the first NASCAR race I’ve seen in decades (since they used to be called stock cars not restrictor plate race cars). What a boring joke.
It seemed like my little Porsche 924 would fall off that 30 degree banking at Daytona when I competed in autocrosses in the late 70s. It’s awesome! You can barely stand up on a slope like that. To ski on a 30 degree slope you need to be Olympic caliber.
I just don’t like Dega or Daytona. They provide some spectacular crashes (and dangerous), but the racing and placing is a crap-shoot. You can be in the lead in one lap and lose 10-15 spots before the finish of that lap. You can hang around the back all day and make a run for it toward the end. JJ is probably one of the best drivers out there, but he advanced in points strictly on luck. It’s not like he had to race anybody to do it. Restrictor tracks are all about being in the right place at the right time.
They hit 210 at Michigan but have much lower speeds in the turns.
that would be one big catfish pond but that could catch on. ;-)
I want to be the bad boy here, I am a very big NASCAR fan and I just did a re-play of sundays race and I am beginning to think “outside the box” on this,
No restrictions at all.
Drivers can use anything that will fit on the chassis, wings, spoilers, even 6 wheels like the Tyrell.
Make it the one track that has no restrictions, let technology advance.
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