Nascar evolution disappointing, would you like to see it go back to real "stock car"?

Question

My problem I rememeber when Nascar was "stock car" racing and today anything but. For me it is very disappointing and becoming less interested in this push to "IROC" racing. How about returning to stock car, front wheel, rear wheel 4 cyl, or 6 cyl what ever is sold on the floor as performance, race it?

Answer 1

NASCARs used to be real cars and just about anybody could go to the dealership and get the exact same car they seen in the races. That went away in the 1980s for good in the name of safety. The only genuine race car driver of the modern era died on Feb. 15, 2001. He knew how to drive a race car. Dale Earnhardt was the Bruce Lee, the Jimi Hendrix of American auto racing and there will never be another NASCAR driver to compare. And NASCAR will never be as good or as fun to watch without him. The 426 Hemi and luck won Petty's races most of the time. He just held on.

Answer 2

It's true that NASCAR cars aren't even close to anything you'd see on the showroom floor, but then again, it's far closer than anything IROC, F1, or the Indy leagues have.

The reason many parts, bodies, and engines became standardized in NASCAR was to level the playing field. "Dominating" a race or season today is a far different definition than it was in past decades. After all, how boring would it be if 75% of the races were won by only four (or less) drivers, especially if your favourite wasn't one of them?

Personally, I'd like to see the bodies modified to more closely resemble the models they represent - a Monte Carlo SS with the distinctive shape, a Fusion with the unique cabin design, and a Charger with that ugly nose. An added bonus would be if each make ran the same size engine that manufacturer produced - 350's for the Chevy's, 351's for the Ford's, and so on.

Answer 3

They started as highway criminal "showroom inventory" vehicles, devoid of mods in any respect, no longer even bigger wheels.. they had to tie the doorways close with rope, and get experience of the glass.. No engine length limit, only something clean out of the showroom.. usually borrowed, and pushed to the song, by ability of the driving force, who would could hitch hike domicile, if some thing occurred to the automobile.. Sixty years of evolution have became it right into a race automobile that resembles a sedan.. equipped to specs that are much greater tight than F1 specs, with much less room for innovation, and little or no help from aerodynamics.. only tiny mechanical tweeks, mechanical grip, and driving force ability.. And take it from an old highway racer, oval racing is damn stressful, and with a automobile like that, utilising ability will continually teach, nicely, possibly no longer continually.. there is that component of probability..

Answer 4

I love watching the old racing back when Richard Petty, Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborgh, and them raced. I know on ESPN Classics they show some of the older races. I love them better there are way more exciting.

Answer 5

you must be one old dude, 'cause NASCAR hasn't run stock cars in 50 years. NASCAR drivers have been modifying their cars from the beginning, how do you think smokey yunick became a NASCAR legend? it wasn't by selling stock cars, it was by modifying the engines of those cars.

if anyone here thinks the cars petty, allison, and pearson used to race were stock, you need to get a clue, they were no more stock than todays cars are.

Answer 6

i watched racin' when they had real bumpers and when richard petty broke his back, and the video clip you see him flip and actually land the car on his arm ! ouch ! when the alison's fought cale yarborough, but hey, that's racing. today , like almost everything it's technology. we've grown too big too fast.

Answer 7

THAT WOULD BE AWESOME TO WATCH I THINK SPEED HAS A CLUTCH ON A LOT OF TODAYS RACE FANS THOUGH I MEAN COME ONE 200MPH THAT IS OBSURD

Answer 8

Just wait till the COT/COF/POS debuts.