Take the spoilers and splitters off of the cars?

So Jimmie says that the series has become an ultra expensive crate series.(paraphrasing) And Junior says get rid of the splitters.
I like these guys. It seems to me that they might have a couple of good points. Being that they have ran a few laps I would assume that they might have a clue about what they are speaking of!
Steve O'Donnell on they other hand says it's great just the way it is. I'm sure he has some kind of a degree that says he's smarter than Jimmie and Junior so he MUST be right! "Carry on you dumb rednecks. Brian and I know what is best for this sport!"
 
bigspud said:
stock body car racing,
why is that so difficult?
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Because one body will be superior to the others. If one manufacturer starts to dominate the others will leave the sport. During the 90s the manufacturers were constantly whining that one manufacturer had an aero advantage and NASCAR allowed them to change their cars. That lead to the common body shape (which is necessary at the speeds they run on most tracks).
 
JohnHill said:
Got to this point because people think "faster" race cars must mean a better race...
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yep over on one open wheel forum they brag about how fast their car is compared to others. Ridiculous, given enough cubic inches they can make a house go 200 MPH these days. Spend gizillions to run single file? Nascars are fast enough IMO, but they need a bit of clean air to be able to pass each other on the faster tracks. So short tracks, road race tracks, 1,5's and larger need progressive banking, wide tracks work, or maybe doctoring up more than one grove like they are trying at Charlotte this weekend. I can't say they have been sitting on their thumbs about it.
 
StandOnIt said:
yep over on one open wheel forum they brag about how fast their car is compared to others. Ridiculous, given enough cubic inches they can make a house go 200 MPH these days. Spend gizillions to run single file? Nascars are fast enough IMO, but they need a bit of clean air to be able to pass each other on the faster tracks. So short tracks, road race tracks, 1,5's and larger need progressive banking, wide tracks work, or maybe doctoring up more than one grove like they are trying at Charlotte this weekend. I can't say they have been sitting on their thumbs about it.
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Every time NASCAR tries to slow them down the engineers figure out how to get the speed back.
 
yeah for sure, Nascar needs a full time person/staff? to continue to undo what the engineers working on the teams do. Got to keep plugging the loopholes IMO.
 
Zerkfitting said:
Every time NASCAR tries to slow them down the engineers figure out how to get the speed back.
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Yes, the engineers do their jobs well, but a lot of it is less drag. And the nature of Nascar racing on intermediate tracks has changed radically in just the last two or three years. The changes have been for the better IMO.

In 2015, the drivers were barely off the throttle in the corners at many of the intermediate tracks, just barely pedaling the gas, just lightly touching the brakes. It is no wonder that most tracks seemed single groove, and a trailing car suffered in dirty air and couldn't pass the leading car. Racing was all about track position and getting clean air. A good driver in a good car with clean air could stay in front of a great driver in a great car saddled by dirty air.

Now, in 2017, cornering speed is dramatically lower due to reduced downforce, and acceleration on the straight is more rapid due to less drag. Compared to two years prior, lap times are similar, but top speeds are way up and trough speeds are way down. Think back to Kansas, turning in at 205 mph with brake rotors glowing right down to 160 at the apex... miss it just a fraction and you slide up the track, have to lift again, and lose five positions. It's more difficult to drive fast, and it is better racing with a premium on driver skill.

The All Star race seemed like a return to 2015, unfortunately. There is a good chance the 600 will be similar, but I hope there is a viable second groove. I also hope future races will return to what we saw earlier this year... time will tell.
 
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