What are the only parts of a nascar race car that make it an official stock car for the race?
2007-02-13 14:55:51 · 9 answers · asked by jim_w1952 1 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
Your question can have 2 answers by how it's worded...
- Nascar has a long list of guidelines and restrictions that a team must follow to enter an official car.
- There are few if any "stock" parts on a race car to tie it to a manufacturer. In fact if the bodies were removed it would be hard for most to tell which mfg. is the sponsor. If you're a gearhead like me you could tell by looking at the engine configuration.
2007-02-13 15:13:22 · answer #1 · answered by THX1138 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, the rules and regulations state what is allowed on a Nascar. With regards to the engines, they are custom built. There are slightly a few things that separate a Ford, Chevy, and Dodge. But if it is that great, Nascar will intervene to make sure that no competitor has an advantage. The cars are built from scratch and built to the specifications of the track and Regulations. They are inspected before and after quali, and the race too. Sometimes they are randomly selected to be dismantled and reassembled again... All of the parts that are listed in the rules make the car an official stock car.
2007-02-13 15:36:12 · answer #2 · answered by Chris H 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is nothing stock about stock car racing. Like others have said, its just a name that has never changed. For example, there is literally not one part or piece that is the exact same on a Ford Fusion that just rolled off the assembly line when parked next to the #26 Ford Fusion Jamie McMurray races.
If you get the chance to see one of the race cars the teams race, its an amazing thing. As many times as I've seen them, even gotten in some of them... it's still one of the coolest sites I could see.
2007-02-13 15:52:04 · answer #3 · answered by Jamie McMurray Fan 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Rear trailer arm are "OEM replacement" for late 60's-early 70's 3/4 ton Chevrolet truck. The design of the rear-end is Late 60's Ford. Up until the mid-late 90's, the hood and trunk lid had to built to OEM specs. Today, I don't think even the floor pan is stock. And then theres the Car of Tomorrow....another story altogether
2007-02-16 09:45:05 · answer #4 · answered by bend_over_n_say_aww 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no rule stating that drivers must live in the Charlotte/North Carolina area. That is where most of the teams are based, because it is centrally located to most of the older tracks (which were the only tracks built when these teams originally opened shop), so it is natural that the drivers would like to be close to the shop. There are so drivers who are not located in the area, I can think of Sterling Marlin and Tony Stewart just off the top of my head. There was talk recently of teams building second shops, smaller, out on the west coast, but I don't think anything came from it.
2016-05-24 08:21:51 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A trick question? The decklid, the roof, the hood and the front grill area. That might not be exact but i think that's close.
2007-02-13 16:31:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
SHU..............he is on it
also the floorpans are stock size and shape
the rear trailing arms are stock.they come from the old chevy trucks..........atleast fabricated to look like them.
2007-02-14 09:32:03 · answer #7 · answered by 'HUMVEE' 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing, the cars are nothin like a real car, it just that they have the emblem of a car company and the name their best selling model
2007-02-13 15:12:49 · answer #8 · answered by i know all 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think that would be the HORN.........
2007-02-14 10:21:17 · answer #9 · answered by john5242548 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋