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Experienced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,086 Joined: 16-January 04 From: Chandler AZ Member No.: 130 ![]() |
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Experienced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,427 Joined: 12-February 04 From: Huntingtown, MD Member No.: 193 ![]() |
About time. I got into watching NASCAR for 2 seasons in the late 90's, then I just couldn't watch it anymore. It's defiantly not a display of technology and I'm not a huge fan of ovals, but I do still watch the road race events when I can. I think stockish body shapes would bring a lot of interest back. I never understood what the big 3 got out of NASCAR the way it is now either. I think they stayed in becuase the other were and they didn't want to be outdone. It's not like they can actually use anything the teams come up with on a real car or collect any usable data. And I not going to buy a Chevrolet because some unrecognizable thing with a bowtie on front wins a bunch of races because there is not 1 modern Chevrolet part in that thing.
I would however watch a racing series using highly modified chassis or tube frame conversions of real cars that I could at least make some connection to a real street car. Stock bodies would also bring the speeds down without the need of restrictor plates. NASCAR to me is a place where the manufactures fight it out in design in some form and that has totally been lost. |
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Member ![]() Group: Advanced Members Posts: 119 Joined: 22-April 06 From: Beloit, Wisconsin Member No.: 1,167 ![]() |
I would however watch a racing series using highly modified chassis or tube frame conversions of real cars that I could at least make some connection to a real street car. Stock bodies would also bring the speeds down without the need of restrictor plates. NASCAR to me is a place where the manufactures fight it out in design in some form and that has totally been lost. Wasn't that the SCCA Trans-Am Series From the late sixties until really the late eighties. In the 90's it seemed liked they were starting to go Cuckoo for Coconuts. |
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