Bad start for Nascar season

#31
#31
I know this may be stupid to some but why not run rain tires in nascar. Granted they don't have the downforce of formula 1 or indy car, but if its just a light rain or damp track why not. At least for fans there would be a lot of wrecks and make it interesting. Just can't stand for a race to end like that. I guess that's why I watch more formula 1 now and the rain races are great. Just wish we had some good American drivers in there. Scott speed may have been good but was on a sorry team at the time.
 
#32
#32
Its just not possible for Cup guys to run races in the rain on ovals. They couldn't make a tire capable of doing that. They would get so hot they'd blow out every 10-15 laps like they did at Indy last year under regular conditions. I wish they'd run the rain tires at the two road courses if needed though.

Besides just the tire issue you also have the issue of how much faster they run on ovals than on the road courses too. Plus, on top of that, you have to worry about the issue of "spray" off the track that would hamper visibility. It just isn't conceivable for ovals to try this.

On another note - those California ticket sales numbers by Miller may not have been totally accurate but I've read two more reports they are deeply worried they won't get 40,000 people this Sunday. And did anyone see what time this wonderful race is going to start here on the East Coast? 6:15 scheduled green flag time. My lord, even those poor folks that are going to Fontana will have a late night. This IS a Sunday race NASCAR. And I've heard horror stories about getting in and out at Fontana even with bad crowds because of the roads coming in and out of there. Maybe if NASCAR is so dead set on racing this late every week now to accommodate the left coasters we should run all Cup races on Saturday's. At least then the poor people that have to drive home from the race and go to work on Monday's would have a little rest.
 
#36
#36
dan4vols said:
This may catch some flack....but if NASCAR were to do 2 things, they'd be revitalizing the sport for fans. Drop restrictor plates, go back to the monte carlo style cars.
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too dangerous. they would either have a driver dead or send a car into the the stands within the first 2 years.
 
#37
#37
doozer said:
too dangerous. they would either have a driver dead or send a car into the the stands within the first 2 years.
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Possibly, yeah even likely but thats what made the sport popular and in truth thats why most fans love the sport, the danger. It sells.
 
#38
#38
Yeah I understand what you are saying Dan but I think what made the sport popular was the speed and good hard racing and not the danger per say. I know that every year at Indy for the 500 for years and years people went for pole day just to see the track record being broke - not because of the danger.

Rusty Wallace done a test a few years ago at Dega and was running nearly 250 MPH down the straights and over 230 through the turns. He got out of the car and said that he could have went faster but was AFRAID to. He also said that for no more laps than he ran he was getting a little woozy and that the guys couldn't take that kind of speed for a sustained period of time. I tend to believe him here because the IRL canceled a race a few years ago because of the same issue with drivers reporting getting sick from running too fast.

As cool as it might sound to take the plates off it would just be too dangerous. A 250 MPH car at Dega is nearly 60MPH over what they run now - and that 250 was about 4 years ago. Now they could maybe run 265 or something. A car sideways that fast would clear the highest fences Talladega or Daytona could build and then the sport would be over. I've heard many stories from high ranking NASCAR people saying if Bobby Allison would have went all the way through the fence at Dega in 87 that led to the plates that NASCAR may well have shut down.
 
#39
#39
We can only hope there is a very poor fan showing in Cali this weekend and maybe, just maybe they have 1 race in Cali and bring back Rockingham!
 
#40
#40
For all those that have continued to clamor on about calling the race, I've read multiple reports that said it would have taken 3 hours to dry the track, further proving NASCAR made the right call to end it. It rained on and off until nine, so you'd be looking at a midnight restart time. No way that should happen.
 
#41
#41
I am almost certain I saw For Sale signs around N Wilkesboro the last time I drove by it on 421 last fall.
 
#43
#43
They need to make the cars lighter and regulate the extra speed with more restrictor. At least the tires would get a break. But every year I'm growing more of a fan of formula 1. Just wish they could get rid of their political bs. And get a good American driver in there. We also need more rally racing here. I have said for a long time we need them to come to the smokies and race.
 
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