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Why is it that nascar won't race when its raining but formula 1 will and they have open ****pits? I think that it would be a fun race to watch.
 
Kam, there are several reasons, but the main one is that NASCAR runs almost exclusively on ovals. The cars are not equiped to run in the rain, and though they do have contingency plans for the cars to run in the rain at the road courses, they still prefer not to. Tires are the real reason. F1 races have fewer cars running and the teams can pick and choose the brand of tires they run and all of those manufacturers make specific rain tires for those teams. NASCAR at the present, only allows one brand of tire, Goodyear and it's hard enough for Goodyear to keep up with the various tires the series uses and if they were to then add a rain tire for the various tracks etc, well the cost would be out of this world.
 
As Buck stated, the reason is ovals. Formula 1 does run on ovals at all. Champ and IRL will postpone their oval races when it rains. NASCAR tried running road courses in the rain. On Goodyear rain tires. I'm not sure what the latest is on that.
Formula 1 run on Bridgestone and Michelins. But each team is contracted which brand they use. IRL and Champ run on Bridgestones tires only.
 
I wonder how windshield wipers would work at 200mph+?
 
There's the mentality why they "DON"T" race in the rain.
If it was raining and they were using windshield wipers and tried going 200mph there would be a BIG pile of crunched up metal along the walls.
 
Is this the same premise offered last week when Atlanta was postponed and posters felt NASCAR had to do something ?????? At least it is obvious why they don't race in the rain. How many fans would sit in the bleachers and watch during a down pour ????

And how would Brian France get a direct line to the Supreme Being to request rain free race dates ????
 
Whizzer, you know the answer. Too many of this generation are all about I want it and I want it now. Their attention span is less than that of a fruit fly. No amount of common sense where it applies to their gratification is ever enough.
Nascar and the drivers would love to run the show when it is scheduled but sometimes things happen where they have to postpone. This causes havoc with their already tight schedules. ie Charlotte testing was cut back by a day. It is not a plot against the fans.
And, no this is not directed at anyone in particular who posts on this board. This is just a general observation of what the younger crowd has become.
 
i thought it nascar didnt run in the rain because the cars were so heavy that if the track was even just a little wet they slip and cause way too many wrecks. Like at the Allstar race in 2001.
 
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