misery loves company it seems. Can't wait for next year, glad I watched the other two series race at a snails pace all over the track.
So did I.
So how do you explain on 30k in attendance?
There are as many opinions on that subject as there are people posting them.
3 different aero maps and 3 different engine packages.
that is part of it, but if you watch either race, trucks or Xfinity there was action caught by the cameras all over both fields. Cars and the trucks all appeared to be as hard to drive as the cup cars, some of it definitely was the experience level, Bell spinning twice though Allgaier washing out the front end were very similar to what was happening to the cup cars.
How fast were the Cup cars going at the recent test of NASCAR’s latest entertainment experiment?
We’ll be watching ... some of us are less than optimistic.
From the Charlotte video in post #625 above, I timed 4 laps at 2:02.72, which is 176.0 mph.
I agree. However, at this point, it’s the only information we have.
So about 175
So you are less than optimistic about this package?
Holy crap...can't believe we agree on this. I'm going to have nightmares.
I don't need it. Seriously tho, slower speeds, cluster racing, throttled down with spacer HP, to me isn't true racing. Just another gimmick which will drive more fans away.
Fans have been clamoring for cars like we used to have, well this is closer to what they had.
This is not even close to what we had in the 80s through the mid 90s.
That's not how side force works. Side force is an aerodynamic crutch that - when you have it - permits higher cornering speed than the tires alone can generate. When "my" side force is suddenly interrupted by another car blocking the airflow onto the right side of my car, the sudden loss of the aerodynamic crutch causes me to spin out. I didn't literally get "sucked around," despite that term often being used... I just lost the crutch that had been propping me up at that high cornering speed.
check the HP and grip level of the twisted sister.
The cars, HP means nothing, when the cars were totally different, for one they looked like stock cars more, and weren't glued down to the track. You can compare HP, but your results will be skewed by the major difference in body styles.
What's the clearance dude?are you stuck in the 60's? and even then they were building downforce
that car had around 425 hp. Pole speed at Atlanta was 147 MPH compared to over 185 of today's cars over 40MPH faster. I'm confused, you say the racing is fine why change it, then ya say the attendance is a problem because of the racing, and then ya say the cars need to look like cars that run in the 140's .
I didn't say the attendance is a result of the racing...its the constant changes and gimmicks and I think a lot of people feel the same. I think the racing has been good for the most part, outside of the last snoozefest sunday.that car had around 425 hp. Pole speed at Atlanta was 147 MPH compared to over 185 of today's cars over 40MPH faster. I'm confused, you say the racing is fine why change it, then ya say the attendance is a problem because of the racing, and then ya say the cars need to look like cars that run in the 140's .
