Anyone else stoked for Rain tires next year for the road courses?

[StandOnIt]

Brendan coming back was very awesome to watch.

These cup guys are supposed to be the greatest drivers in the world. If they cant handle a little wetness then they should be ashamed.

not only that, if they don't race in the rain how can they even be called the greatest anything. bunch of dry pavement neanderthal sissies is what they have been called.

 

[ChexOrWrex]

NASCAR finally did the right thing by experimenting with this in the lower series first before implementing it into cup.

 

[MRM]

Anyone else stoked for Rain tires next year for the road courses?

Not really. It's one thing to be on dirt. It's another thing to be on wet pavement. It's rare for them to have rain in June at Sonoma. Watkins Glen gets some from time to time. But I like the racing better there as it is.

 

[KevinWI]

They tried this at some of the NW road course races.

Didn't really pan out.

I've to a lot of road races in the rain, including the Nationwide race at RA in the rain.

Yes, it did pan out.

 

[KevinWI]

ITT: People who didn't watch this year's Nationwide race at Road America.

Its obvious & its painful to read.

Unreal.

Road America this year had one caution for an accident and the cream rose to the top towards the end of the race. Fans will complain about anything.

YEP.

I remember when every NASCAR fan bitched that "road courses were boring" because Earnhardt Sr. bitched about them. Now road racing is popular in NASCAR but people are still experts that wet racing sucks aside from the fact that F1 and IndyCar have raced in the rain since Junior Johnson was still running 'shine.

The last 10 laps of the 2001 CART race at Portland in the rain with Max Papis on old rain tires (this was after it had rained earlier and the track had tried out) and diving to find puddles to keep his tires cool while the field (who pitted under green to get slicks back on) chased him down on new tires was some of the most exciting racing I've ever seen. Oh wait, it wasn't a restrictor plate traffic jam so it was "boring".

 

[DanicaFreak]

Gonna be fun

 

[FenderBumper]

My stance has never changed on running in the rain.

I can see nothing appealing about sitting, wet, in the stands watching an inferior product. There simply isn't anything good about it.

You do know you can still drink beer while wearing a rain poncho, right?

Besides, it never rains in my TV room.

 

[FenderBumper]

I'm not. There will be way too many cautions. Stupid idea.

And you call yourself a nascar fan??

 

[FenderBumper]

Gonna be fun

I get you. You figure Danica is the only driver with real wet track experience.

Very smart of you, Danicafreak.

 

[DanicaFreak]

And you call yourself a nascar fan??

hes not a typical fan

 

[FenderBumper]

he's a typical fan

Oh, snap! That's gonna' leave a mark.

 

[StandOnIt]

hes not a typical fan

he has a one word vocabulary..everything and everybody is stupid. He may not know much, but it is stupid whatever it is.

 

[ChexOrWrex]

Not really. It's one thing to be on dirt. It's another thing to be on wet pavement. It's rare for them to have rain in June at Sonoma. Watkins Glen gets some from time to time. But I like the racing better there as it is.

So there ya go. All yall moaners cryers & bitchers dont got much to worry bout now do ya?

 

[#17D500winner]

The earth is flat, they will fall off.

I thought they'd hydroplane off into space

 

[DanicaFreak]

To my knowledge pretty much every other series races in the rain. As Ive said Im looking forward to it.

 

[Reck]

I've to a lot of road races in the rain, including the Nationwide race at RA in the rain.

Yes, it did pan out.

Then why dont they use it more often then? The experiment is more miss then hit.

 

[Tennessee Racing]

YEP.

I remember when every NASCAR fan bitched that "road courses were boring" because Earnhardt Sr. bitched about them. Now road racing is popular in NASCAR but people are still experts that wet racing sucks aside from the fact that F1 and IndyCar have raced in the rain since Junior Johnson was still running 'shine.

The last 10 laps of the 2001 CART race at Portland in the rain with Max Papis on old rain tires (this was after it had rained earlier and the track had tried out) and diving to find puddles to keep his tires cool while the field (who pitted under green to get slicks back on) chased him down on new tires was some of the most exciting racing I've ever seen. Oh wait, it wasn't a restrictor plate traffic jam so it was "boring".

Your examples have nothing to do with 3,000 pound stock cars driven by guys who mostly have zero experience racing in the rain.

 

[ChexOrWrex]

Then why dont they use it more often then? The experiment is more miss then hit.

Does it rain that often

 

[FLRacingFan]

GT cars and V8 Supercars weigh about as much as Sprint Cup cars and they race in the rain.

 

[Tennessee Racing]

GT cars and V8 Supercars weigh about as much as Sprint Cup cars and they race in the rain.

With drivers who are used to it. Not every cup driver is Marcos Ambrose on the road courses.

 

[kkfan91]

You only get the experience by doing it.

 

[ChexOrWrex]

With drivers who are used to it. Not every cup driver is Marcos Ambrose on the road courses.

Every driver isnt a road course racer. With your logic they'd do away with road courses all together because most drivers are used to racing on circles.

 

[FLRacingFan]

With drivers who are used to it. Not every cup driver is Marcos Ambrose on the road courses.

True, but at this level drivers should be able to adapt - even better than the Nationwide drivers have.

 

[Reck]

Lets get some more Road courses first and we'll talk about rain tires then.

 

[ChexOrWrex]

Would rain technology work at a flat track like Louden?

 

[Charlie Spencer]

"Why yes, yes I am."

 

[Charlie Spencer]

I'm not. There will be way too many cautions. Stupid idea.

You mean like Bristol or Martinsville?

 

[hawg dawg]

GT cars and V8 Supercars weigh about as much as Sprint Cup cars and they race in the rain.

all those drivers come up thru lower series for yrs .....racin in rain too. have experience w/ it.
bad cup idea imo......but we'll see.

does nothin ta solve rain delays on ovals tho. only "good " rain tires there are on titan II !
rain delays seems bigger problem these days than in past.
any stats on that ? over yrs .

 

[pudge]

only "good " rain tires there are on titan II !

 

[FenderBumper]

Would rain technology work at a flat track like Louden?

Too dangerous for actual rain, but damp tracks with channeled tires might be OK. Rain stops, go racing.

 

[Revman]

These cars don't want to be on a road course, and they like it less in the wet. NO.

 

[Kiante]

These cars don't want to be on a road course, and they like it less in the wet. NO.

With TRD'S lack of low end grunt. It should have better traction out of slower corners.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Would rain technology work at a flat track like Louden?

They actually had the first-ever wet NASCAR oval race in the Whelen Euro Series at Tours Speedway (9-degree banking in the turns) over the summer.

 

[ted@economy]

Kinda odd conversation really . It seems that not overdriving your car on a wet racetrack shows a driver has great skill , but not overdriving your racecar on a dry racetrack shows a driver is points racing and not going for the win.

 

[#17D500winner]

To my knowledge pretty much every other series races in the rain. As Ive said Im looking forward to it.

As am I . And as it is with everything else. if you don't like it....

 

[ztevans]

As am I . And as it is with everything else. if you don't like it....

Ric? That you?

 

[#17D500winner]

Ric? That you?

How'd you know?

 

[Revman]

With TRD'S lack of low end grunt. It should have better traction out of slower corners.

Well played. LOL. Having said that, the tapered spacer neuters everyone IMO.

 

[StandOnIt]

Kinda odd conversation really . It seems that not overdriving your car on a wet racetrack shows a driver has great skill , but not overdriving your racecar on a dry racetrack shows a driver is points racing and not going for the win.

Much easier to lose it on a wet track, takes great skill to be able to gauge where the car will break loose. Some drivers really shine on a wet track, some stink. Probably why there are so many negative posts, their particular driver stinks on a wet course. Points racing is because you don't have a fast enough car to go for the win so you do the best you can. But there in lies the rub. Is the driver getting all they can out of the car, or are they driving too conservatively?

 

[kkfan91]

They actually had the first-ever wet NASCAR oval race in the Whelen Euro Series at Tours Speedway (9-degree banking in the turns) over the summer.

Damn your facts