Is anybody on here into Nascar? just curious and thought it might be interesting to see. For me, i am pretty big into Nascar and really all types of racing but anyway my favorite team is Hendrick Motorsports. My Major is Motorsports Management here at Belmont Abbey College just outside of Charlotte. I wish some things were different with Nascar. I also wish they would run on more road courses then just the 2. but oh well i guess, it is expanding so maybe they will and the Car of Tomorrow is a stupid idea too i think. for any of you that might actually follow the sport i would like to hear some of your opinions on the Car of Tomorrow. but anyway Bud shootout tonight at 8 pm and then next week is the Daytona 500. pretty excited for the season to get started again.

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I like nascar, its cool and all. but knowing of its past somewhat kinda makes me mad. i mean it all started as a way for people to you know race... on the cheap. now its a multi billion dollar business...

it all dates back to "race on sunday, sell on monday" you know? I wish it would go back to that. I see they are making the headlights nad windshields more like the 07 'street' cars... which is good.

i never understood why they're called "stock" car... whats stock about them? I mean the fords taurus has always been a sedan, right? well in nascar they magically cut out those extra two doors and made it a coupe.

that makes absolutely no sense to me.

for the record Nascar is not really hill billy redneck. that is how it began but its really not like that any more. its really grown to the international level now. and very few of the drivers are really like that. if you need names i can tell you a bunch. and yes they do mainly turn left but they dont only turn left. its called Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA and Watkins Glen. me i like road courses better and it shows the true drivers such as Boris Said, Jeff Gordon, Robby Gordon, this year Juan Montoya and that is just a few and are the drivers with actual rides and sponsors not just an interim driver for those 2 races.

it started with Moonshine Runners which was a way of life and it eventually went to the track and at first they would race there Shine Running cars.

when they originally started they were "Stock Cars" and the name has just stuck with it.

Nascar is cool, I wasnt talking shit dude.

i have been watching nascar since i was a kid big earnheart fan

i was just trying to make some points and i was not in a good mood due my gf when i was reading it. sorry about that.

not to bash anyone but i could never stand Earnhardt.

SR or JR? I didnt/dont like either

i severly dont like JR and never did think much higher of SR especially after he wrecked Terry Labonte at Bristol in Turns 3 and 4 when he was leading and very close to winning. then after the race he said "i did not try to wreck, i just wanted to rattle his cage". it was clear that he drove into the back of labonte.

i like them both and i also like tony stewart

tony stewart is cool but i also like Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Casey Mears, Denny Hamlin, David Stremme, Reed Sorenson is cool. i do not like Greg Biffle, Matt Kenseth, Kasey Kahne, Jamie McMurray, Mark Martin, David Ragan, Carl Edwards, Ricky Rudd.

I have really mixed feelings. If I undetstand nascar correctly, everybody gets different sized restrictor plates,and their motors have to be at almost the same specs(and the cars overall seem to be really similar specs,aerodynamics,gearing,esuspension componetry,et) so whomever got the good restrictor plate has the best chance?

I like the fact it gives people an oppurtunity to enjoy something,and be passionate about something and etc, what I dont like is that people take that shiz WAY TOO FAR, just like any other spectator sports anymore (shrug)

Doesnt seem like REAL racing to me

they all get the same size restrictor plate but they are only ran at Daytona and Talladega. for gearing there are so many different gears that use and so many different combinations. its really easy to miss the gearing for the track you are at. go to low and you wont have the top speed you need at say Daytona or Talladega and at a track like Martinsville or Bristol if you go with to high of a gear you wont get off the turns and the people with the proper gearing can take off up out of the turns. and for the suspension it is extremely easy to mess all that up. it also depends upon the driver and how they want the car to handle. but to soft of springs may cause the car to bottom out in a turn and could cause them to wreck. to stiff of a spring in front when at a track like Martinsville when they brake for the turn the nose might not get low enough to the track which would hurt the front downforce.

on track like Daytona and Talladega it comes down to best driver, best engine, best aerodynamics, and the correct set up and who can keep out of the "Big One".

the engines are not the same at all. they all have different Cubic Inches and some builders are able to get more horsepower out of the engine they have then other builders. some engines can have a difference of 10 hp and those guys buy engines from teams that have proven that they have high horsepower engines for Daytona.

yea basicly the way i understand it is all the cars are like SPEC racers. they are all the same, except for the bodys of course.well actually if im right dont they all have to adhere to the same basic shape too? and all the new rules and regulations i think have taken away from the sport. there aint nothin wrong with a lil bump and grind! and i don't like the fact that the big name get to run in the BUSCH series too. i understand why they are but if you have a biginner class that should be who is running in it. oh well i'm not a big nascar fan. i did think it was cool that a few of those guys ran the 24 hours of Le Mans. now thats motorsports racing!

they are not really anything like SPEC racers. if you read my post above it says in there why they are not. yes they do have to pass Nascar Tech Inspection and yes they do have to fit in certain templates but that really does not mean anything. why do think the Ford teams a couple years was always complaining about the Aerodynamics of there cars and why do you think that Dodge went to different nose this year. look at Dodge this year at Daytona they are doing much better then last year which because there nose is at more of an angle for better aerodynamics. they are totally different engines too. yes they have a rule on Intake Manifolds and other stuff like that but that is just to try and keep it cheaper and so lower budget teams can do a little better. if it was not for some the rules they have now there would be no way that some of those teams would be doing what they are. next year the bodies will be more of a SPEC type of thing but that is it. engines and everything else will be the same as they are now.

yes it was pretty cool seeing the Nascar drivers in the Rolex 24. i just wish some of them could have done better.

is anybody that is a nascar fan keeping up on everything happening in Daytona? things such as the Bud Shootout last saturday, qualifying on last sunday, the duel 125 races tomorrow? most of all, what about all of the disqualifications, and people getting suspended?

I heard something on the nwws the other day...first time EVAR nascar had a lower fan count? hmm

i have not heard anything like that yet and for 2 weeks all i have done is go Nascar.com and Jayski.com which another site that just talks about stuff. the only thing going on in Daytona right now is the Penalties and crew cheifs getting suspended.

Nascar rules! I watch all the races. Tony Stewart is the man!!!

Tony Stewart is cool. i like Joe Gibbs Racing as a whole but my favorite and always has been is Hendrick Motorsports. i hate Jack Roush and all of his Nextel Cup drivers.