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Originally posted by mfpmax
As for NASCAR being exported...why isn't it on TV...cause it sucks.
NASCAR drivers can handle a road course(Sears Point), but they don't drive their Circle course cars...they drive a separate car made for the road course, compeletely built different. And boy its funny watching them turn.
And no, I've heard about good AutoX, then there is also Solo 2...good lord. The bigger events are somewhat different than the smaller events since some of the people don't compete at both. I have a friend in North Florida where they have a large open course...not a skip pad like we have.
Also, ever look into Bracket Racing...thats a sport where large amounts of money aren't required. Skill is required there.
And clutch control isn't about frying your clutch in a Top Fuel car...clutch control is keeping the tires from smoking and loosing traction.
Yeah Drag Racing is about money, but so is AutoX. Any automotive hobby requires money, how much depends on the hobby.
Oh yeah, i'm a car guy...which is why I like both...in NASCAR, like I said earlier, they don't talk about nothing but drafting.
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Umm cummon you cant leave a debate this open!!! Fire in the hole!:
1. Yes it is on TV, you get the UK and European TV? what about Aussy? Its a fairly big sport in those areas. Only auto series that are on TV in the US that are based in other countries are series that the US doesnt have itself or are series that the US teams participate in. Aussy has an awesome V8 series, where they race cars that would make most mullet power heads cream, and they run them ON ROAD COURSES!.. thats not on TV here either.. but it sure as hell rocks!
2. A car built for a specific course... welcome to motor sports! Almost any series has different chassis for different events. CART and IRL cars are also different between ovals and street and road courses. Same with F1 they tweak the cars for every course cause all are different.
3. AutoX is Solo2... atleast any and all around here. I have only run or spectated at SCCA AutoX's which are classified as Solo2 and are under the Solo2 classifications for the cars.
4. Require'n money isnt the same as being 100% Dependant on money. Since drag is all about power and almost not at all about driver its purely money driven since the only way to go faster is to put more money into the car. For AutoX or anything where you turn, the driver becomes the biggest factor in the speed of the car since you can exploit advantages and compensate for weaknesses in your car by your driving and not by just dumping more money into it. More power = More money. More speed in real racing = good driver.
5. Nascar is a SPEC race series. you know what the deffinition of SPEC is? their cars are all as close to eachother as possible, their engines are all putting out the spec amount of power and have restrictions in place on their design. you never hear F1 drivers, WRC drivers, Pro Rally drivers, or any of those SPEC classes talk about HP cause its not a real concern. They all have the most they can have. the only real difference is power curve, speed the car gets into the curve etc... Nascar doesnt talk about drifting because its not effective for their racing just as its not for F1 ( which is considered the premire auto racing series on the planet). Drifting is limited to a VERY small group of racing which covers about all Dirt oval racing and rally racing.
Everyone has their own thing, the whole excitement about Drag racing escapes me. 10 seconds of high G loads in one direction... Give me a 2 hour race where you are hammered with Gloads of up to 2 Gs in every direction ( or if you are in a serious race car 4G's... F1 cars can hit 6G's in some cases drivers normally cant handle that though) the feeling of 4 wheels gripping to the ground like magnets and just hammering turn after turn in the power band, apexing and getting a line... How much more fun can there be?!
"Guide to drag race - Hit head with hammer, start car, press gas, release clutch, hit brake when you cross line." hehehe