A stock car, in the original sense of the term, is an automobile that has not been modified from its original factory configuration. Later the term stock car came to mean any production-based automobile used in racing. This term was used to differentiate such a car from a race car, a special, custom-built car designed only for racing purposes with no intent of its ever being used as regular transportation.
When NASCAR was first formed by Bill France Sr. in 1948 to regulate stock car racing, there was a requirement that any car entered be made entirely of parts available to the general public through automobile dealers, and that all cars must be from a model run of which at least 500 cars of that model were sold to the general public. This is referred to as "homologation". In NASCAR's early years, the cars were so "stock" that it was commonplace for the drivers to drive themselves to the competitions in the car that they were going to run in the race. While automobile engine technology had remained fairly stagnant in World War II, advanced aircraft piston engine development had provided a great deal of available data, and NASCAR was formed just as some the improved technology was about to become available in production cars[citation needed]. Until the advent of the Trans-Am series in 1967, NASCAR homologation cars were the closest thing that the public could buy that was actually very similar to the cars that were winning the national races.
2007-12-01 05:08:31
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answered by frogskin13 4
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A stock car is A Honda Civic that Sounds like a FartCanFuck
2016-08-01 17:32:06
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answered by Anonymous
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Top level stock cars reach speeds in excess of 200 mph (322 km/h)[1][2][3] at speedway tracks and on superspeedway tracks such as Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.[4][5][5] Contemporary NASCAR-spec top level cars produce maximum power outputs of 860-900hp[6][7] from their naturally aspirated V8 engines. In October 2007 American race car driver Russ Wicks set a speed record for stock cars in a 2007-season Dodge Charger built to NASCAR specifications by achieving a maximum speed of 244.9 mph (394.1 km/h) at the Bonneville Salt Flats.[8][9] For the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, power output of the competing cars ranged from 750–800hp.[10][11]
2016-05-01 06:56:43
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answered by ? 1
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A stock car is a modified old banger, the car has to be a runner then it is kitted out with roll bars every thing that is not needed is ripped out a beginner starts with a white roof then progresses on from there if he wins races and the car is still running my ex husband used to race he got to red roof which is good but that night he hit the fence and cracked the engine that car never ran again
2007-12-01 05:34:26
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answered by Bluemondeo 1
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A stock car is a car with no modifications, so basically if you were to buy a car new, thats stock. Now if you upgrade to a new motor, exhaust, radio, speakers, etc. then you will have upgraded your car, no longer making it stock
2014-12-27 04:41:56
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answered by pappyvanwinkle 2
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wealthy, if golf is seen a game, racers are important athletes. Many attributes of atheletes are endurance, stamina, and precision. those drivers could be bodily greater healthy adequate to bear temperatures of one hundred thirty ranges jointly as donning a fireproof using suit that would not breathe, preserving psychological acuity to manhandle almost 2 a great number of metallic inches from different automobiles and the finesse and reaction circumstances needed to maintain those automobiles pointed in the final direction each and every of the time for as much as 4 hours... no halftime, no timeouts. Drivers can lose as much as ten kilos in fluids in one race. And, in racing, if something is going out of bounds it ain't coming back. And tyger, jointly because it rather is genuine that the quantity of "inventory" in a inventory vehicle is greater a reminiscence and a squint of the attention, it remains based on production autos somewhat of exotics that Mr. and Mrs. customer could in no way be waiting to discover the money for. Yeah, single-carburated pushrod V-8 engines subsidized by a 4-speed tranny related to a great rear axle. No turbochargers, no gas injection, no carbon fiber bodies. previous college. for my area, it isn't the rednecks that are stupid for believing the automobiles are inventory, however the individuals who assume those followers to be that stupid (or maybe redneck) are unquestionably showing their very own lack of information. you're the two a fan, or you're actually not. My arguments here won't inevitably make a convert of a non-believer. to each his very own. yet, you may a minimum of have each and every of the data previously you solid such an ignorant perspective. Oh... and characteristic a effective day.
2016-10-10 00:20:32
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answered by jacobson 4
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A stock car is when you buy the car as normal as it is and didn't do anything to it. It's just stock, No tuning.
2007-12-01 05:08:49
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answered by Moss 2
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A car without modification
2015-07-27 11:17:22
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answered by Sam 1
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like if you bought a brand new car it would be stock which means no mods or anything just normal or stock if you bought rims they would be aftermart rims , stock would be the original rim called stock rims! hope that helped!
2007-12-01 05:09:17
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answered by Jonny 2
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its very important elements
2015-04-15 16:37:09
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answered by Mohammad 2
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