Question by nckstvns79: Is NASCAR, really stock car racing?
We have the COT and the regular cars, yet they can’t be purchasded at an auto dealer. Back when NASCAR was founded, they basically took cars from the lot and modified them, why not anymore? Since everything is about the amount of money being spent by teams, maybe if they went back to what they should be doing it might be a little less expensive for the teams.
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Answer by Jamie460
Nascar came from stock cars. Today to win, the teams need composite body panles and very high speed/tech engine.
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No it’s not stock car racing anymore and that sucks. You can barely even tell the difference between the different makes anymore. This is supposed to be in the spirit of competition. I don’t get that idea. The huge multi-car teams are the only ones who ever win because they have all the money, how competitive is that? I also think it’s sad that these teams have to have a different car for each track. I would be more interested in it if were back to REAL stock cars. Also put a spending limit, or revenue sharing in place so these big teams don’t get any bigger. Every other sport does it.
Yes and No, What we usually consider stock cars like the ones we purchase from the dealer like you said in the olden days and the ones that we drive around currently. However I was messing around on Wikipedia and the actual term of “Stock Cars” has changed it now only refers to cars used in racing series such as Nascar, ARCA, Pro Cup, etc. As for people who complain that it stinks….. ITS RACING. Why on gods green earth would you want cars that race, that me and you drive, that can’t break 130mph in a straight line. Also safety and aerodynamics and to keep the cars on a even playing field are key components why they don’t make the cars the same as we drive and they have to be designed specifically to run at tracks.
Up til the start of the “modern era” NASCAR was stock car.But with the gas crunch,and the down sizing of Detroit iron NASCAR begain using smaller cars.This got out of controll and the manufactured cars from Detroit became a thing of the past,so the end of “stock” in stock car.Banjo Mathews built some of the best cars and was the inavator of the rolled sheetmetal cars.
Most of the cars do not favor a “showroom” marketed car.The rolled steel may have been the save during the change from “old” to “modern” but now it is hard to figure a Ford from a Chevy.
Though I have watched and gone to races since 1960 and next week shall be at Talladega,I feel NASCAR is runing not “stock”cars but manufactured imitations.
For stock cars look accross the street from Talladega at the Talladega short track.
Its not really stock anymore. They would be very slow and unsafe if they were. They havnt been using stock cars in decades anyways so why the complaint now?
Hawk you should like the COT then. 1 car will be able to be used at all the tracks instead of using different cars for each track type. It will save money in the long run only building 1 type of car instead of several different ones. Of course large teams have an advantage since they can pool test results between more cars so pretty much they can do more testing as a team.
I think Jeff Green on a small team would have to think the COT is good. He cant break the top 30 in the old car but has run in the top 10 in all 3 COT races. They seem to have done their homework and figured it out.
its 2007 nothing stays the same!! and its not there money unless your on a poor team