NASCAR 2024…..

[greg]

Nice…..

 

[Super Bee]

https://www.jayski.com/2024/02/15/nascar-continuing-discussions-with-honda/

 

[Super Bee]

Watching The Duel Race II now.

It is a bit sentimental watching this race. A few years ago, while I was watching the race, my wife was taking a pregnancy test in the bathroom, I had zero idea. She came out into the living room and told me "I think you are going to be a dad". Just six months later my princess arrived.

 

[greg]

https://www.jayski.com/2024/02/15/nascar-continuing-discussions-with-honda/

Wonder what motor they would use….

 

[greg]

Looking like a Holiday race on Monday…..

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Watched a good tangentially racing movie this week. The Art of Racing in the Rain.

Highly recommend it

Because of your and others' recommendation, I have been bawling like a baby for the last hour.

 

[greg]

 

[Super Bee]

After looking at the weather forecast my guess is racing on Monday. Stinks for all the people who are unable to extend their vacation time.

 

[greg]

If the Daytona 500 gets postponed, NASCAR's Weather Protection Program will allow fans to exchange their ticket for another race at a designated track since season or for the 2025 Daytona 500.

http://redirect.viglink.com/?key=71fe2139a887ad501313cd8cce3053c5&subId=1336408&u=https%3A//www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/weather-protection-program/

 

[greg]

Race Monday….. Daytona 500 at 4 p.m. ET on FOX.

 

[BigRed]

Wonder what motor they would use….

A spec car.... just like everybody else.

 

[greg]

A spec car.... just like everybody else.

Everybody don't use the same motor... Do the research…. Prove me wrong!

Every car isn't the same also …. There is options

 

[greg]

 

[BigRed]

Everybody don't use the same motor... Do the research…. Prove me wrong!

Every car isn't the same also …. There is options

Not even close to what it used to be.

 

[greg]

Not even close to what it used to be.

What form of racing/motorsports is the same as it was 25 years ago?

None…..

 

[BigRed]

What form of racing/motorsports is the same as it was 25 years ago?

None…..

Great point.
Virtually none.
Perhaps that explains why I don't pay much attention to racing/motorsports these days.

I still catch the Isle of Man TT races from time to time.

Enjoy the season.

 

[tbhausen]

Sprint car and silver crown racing is still pretty pure. The cars have gotten a bit uglier (but much safer), but they’re still simple machines with straight axles at both ends and torsion bar or coilover suspension. Most importantly, though, they still leave it almost entirely in the driver’s hands.

 

[tbhausen]

They’ve been running mechanical fuel injection on sprint cars since the 1960’s (at least in USAC they have been).

 

[greg]

They’ve been running mechanical fuel injection on sprint cars since the 1960’s (at least in USAC they have been).

Here is a good read about sprint cars old and new.

Remember the USAC Silver Crown ethanol controversy a few years ago?

Sprint Car Outlaws - Rico Abreu, Jan Opperman, and 50 Years of Sprint Car Technology

The Speedway Motors display at PRI this year features two drastically different sprint cars driven to great success by two very different drivers, four decades apart. But upon closer inspection, are they really that different?

www.speedwaymotors.com

 

[BigRed]

Sprint car and silver crown racing is still pretty pure. The cars have gotten a bit uglier (but much safer), but they’re still simple machines with straight axles at both ends and torsion bar or coilover suspension. Most importantly, though, they still leave it almost entirely in the driver’s hands.

Good point.