why nascar tracks are made round? do you think if have more turns is more fun? why they make it round?

Answer 1

There are a couple of reasons to answer this:

1. First, a 3,400 pound stock car does not make sharp turns well. A team can make every adjustment in the world and the driver still has to work his tail off to turn that car.
2. If you're a road course fan I totally respect that but road courses don't get as good of ratings as they would at Daytona, Talladega, Indianapolis, or Lowes Motor Speedway.Almost every road course race NASCAR has (Sonoma, Watkins Glen, and Mexico City) results in a car spinning out some how and then 3-4 laps under caution. There is not a consistent green flag run like there would be on a oval.
2. From a NASCAR fan's standpoint at the track, why would you want a road course where you can't see the whole track as opposed to an oval? Bristol is one of the most exciting races of the year and fills up 150,000 fans in the stands each time they race there. Most fans there can see all of the action. Road courses tend to be rather large and can be at changing elevations like Sonoma which can be good and bad.
3. A lot of NASCAR drivers do not like road courses. Owners will bring in road course specialists like Boris Said and Scott Pruett to race their cars because most drivers do not have enough experience. And if they do, does not mean they will absolutely do well.

I hope this answers your question. I don't hate road courses, but there are reasons NASCAR does not run on them more often as opposed to ovals.

Answer 2

First of all, learn proper english. On to the point now. It's called a race track. How many runners run on a track that isn't round? There is a difference in a race track and a course, such as Watkins Glen or Sonoma. NASCAR has roots in dirt track racing. Those tracks are also round. Many things in and around NASCAR are highly technological, but the tracks are maintaining the traditional ovals that make track racing just what it is. Power, know how and strategy

Answer 3

NASCAR still runs road courses at Sonoma & Watkins Glen. You can't see the whole track, but the Jumbotrons help. Pushing those big cars around a road course all day is hard work, which is why the road course races are fairly short. They only run 92 laps at The Glen, & they do that on the 2.45 mile "short" course, partly because the cars can't make the very sharp turn in the "Toe of the Boot" (also known as Turn 7 to the rest of the racing world).

Answer 4

Well, if the track were square shaped, drivers would have to come to a virtual stop before turning. The circular motion keeps up the cars' momentum, and makes them faster. Then, of course, there are road races, where it's all sorts of winding road, but drivers can only go so fast when turning, making them go considerably slower than at, let's say, Talladaga or Daytona. I personally think road races are more interesting because I can only sit and watch cars run around in circles for a short time (unlike my brother, who sits for five hours...)

Answer 5

Honestly stock cars arent built to do road courses, I just cant see them doing a ton of road courses. Most drivers in Nascar have a background in racing ovals, you dont see a lot of them coming from CART, or F1, or a series dedicated to racing road courses. I dont think a series can really do a half and half schedule because of cost, I know in open wheel racing Panoz makes a different chasis for road courses which is seperate from what they use for oval racing, so there must be differences in Nascar as well as to how the cars are made or setup for road racing. Ovals are fun to watch as well.

Answer 6

Because thats the style that Nascar has. Indy and Formula One, they have road courses. And Nascar has ovals

Answer 7

Well stockcars do turn other than left.Watch them on pit road do they not turn the wheel to the right getting out of the pit stalls.Watch the back out of the gatage lot of turning the wheel other than left.
So make the right out of the garage then left to pit road .At the end of pit road make the left and go like the wind.
Thats all I have to say about that.

Answer 8

I saw a bumper sticker once that said "NASCAR...go fast, turn left."
There are very few road races for NASCAR. The cars handle so much differently than the Indy-type open wheel cars.

Answer 9

It's a spectator sport...You can see the whole race track from your seat just like a Baseball game. They only run to the left in Baseball which is also an American sport.

Answer 10

Because it's a style of racing. Indy cars do the road coarse and stock cars do the ovals. In short they feel the need, the need for speed.