It's all Honda because that is the only engine supplier THIS year. But even with one motor, The INDY 500 proved to be the best race in the world. Much better than the Joka-Cola 600.
A Manufacturer to Pull Out of NASCAR and Go Elsewhere?
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They've learned how to turn both directions?
All of them. Most of them have better English skills than NASCAR drivers that were born in this country.BTW the top 3 drivers in the race were from which country??? USA
Yes they can turn right and left at places like Watkins Glen this weekend, St. Petersburg earlier this year and Infineon Raceway later this year. As far as close racing you will never get as close racing on a road course as an oval. Just look at F1. You can measure intervals between drivers with a calendar.
Have you looked at the names of the drivers? How many can you pronounce?
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Since this thread was brought back from the dead, I might as well comment. The distance between F1 cars has a lot to do with their dependence on aero grip (and lack of mechanical grip) and parity between cars and little to do with the tracks they race on. If you put F1 on an oval, they still wouldn't be able to follow each other closely because of the turbulence they cause. The close finishes that the World Challenge and Grand Am Cup have had demonstrates this perfectly.
I'd actually be surprised if they were much faster than IRL cars with all the drag they have.
Will the Car of Tomorrow influence that decision?
* Note: the article in the link will change on 10-18-2006, so read quickly.
* Note: the article in the link will change on 10-18-2006, so read quickly.
Unlimited resources? Have the Japanese found a way to not only manufacture a better car, but to control the laws of economics as well? Tell me more.
The cars in NASCAR are just billboards for advertising. It's racing in the sense that they go over the national speed limit, but NASCAR is just a business that sells advertising and has consession stands that sell food and drink. If you brought a race car to the track they would not let you run it. you don't have to win a race, as an entrant, to receive value for your advertising budget. They have made sure of that. We all understand that even though it might say Chevy on the hood, that there might not be any Chevy parts on the car. You might be able to change the name to Ford on the hood, change a few parts in the engine and now be racing a Ford. You don't build a better racing car by doing something new, you optimize the rules. If you do anything else, it's called cheating. Why would a manufacturer pull out? Not because of NASCAR, but maybe because of the manufacturer's own internal business decision. They know the rules and costs going, and success in an advertising campaign is not connected to winning. That is one of NASCAR's strong points. They have made mediocrity the gold standard in racing.
The F1 cars at Indy are faster at the end of the straight (just before Turn 1) at close to 230 MPH than the IRL cars are on Indy with several laps to attain full speed.
Incorrect, the engine block HAS to be from the manufacture that the car is advertized "as". no other part need come from the actual production car. So, a NASCAR Chevy has an LS block made by GM; not the same block as the production car, but dimensionally identical.
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