There’s an argument to be made that it takes a more creative and talented engineer to find a solution in a tightly regulated field than it does in a fully open one. Based on the engineers that I know in the field (both Nascar specifically, and motorsports in general), they’re pretty damned good.

This is probably what NASCAR needs to be interesting again. I say this as a long time on/off fan that started watching in the early 90's. I really only tune in for specific races at this point. Daytona, Talladega, The Glen, Sonoma and a couple other random ones when I’m bored.

Your reaction time doesn’t factor into the elapsed time. Elapsed time is measured from the time you break the starting line beam to the time you break the last beam. Your reaction time is measured from the green light until you break the starting light beam. You can sit at the tree all day and it wouldn’t effect your…

Ya picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel...

I wouldn’t be totally shocked if Maurice chains the doors and shuts down. The team is basically for Spencer, and he is the first new money in a dying sport in a long time. One less car on the grid is the last thing NASCAR needs.

Never date a girl who will have sex with you in your car.

I don’t know how it is in other places, but somebody in Minnesota is teaching people that you can’t make a left turn without first moving about half your car width into the adjoining right lane.

Boat racers do it.

5 rolls...counting the first 3/4 roll and last 1/4 roll as “negative” (the direction of those were “uptrack”)...

There’s not too many places for the company to move. The soil and location are what makes production possible. There are very few places in Louisiana, or anywhere for that matter, that will have the same production quality. Most are near where Avery Island is now.

They are where they are because they’re on top of that salt dome. They use that salt in the production of Tabasco. They use a lot of salt.

What do you mean it doesn’t exist? They race in the NHRA Stock and Super Stock classes, and have been for years.

That’s cute. The Challenger Drag Pak (which this thing competes against, as well as the COPO Camaro, not the Demon) just ran a 7.99. Sorry Ford.

Amen! It was the beginning of the end once they figured it out. Then adding the splitter just compounded the problem. I am with you, if they could find a way to force the teams to get the noses off the ground and go back to mechanical grip we would have some awesome racing. Not sure we need to to back to production…

Nailed it. If you notice, the Fords have fairly clean doors and quarters, where the Chevy and Toyota have fancy character lines. Fancy, slow. Plain, fast (sideforce!). Also, those teams happen to have the most money too!

I think overall eyeballs are down for sports, but thise sports and those owners are doing a better job of consolidating the dollars. Revenues are still up.

Yeah! Let’s go back to a concept that hasn’t existed in over 60 years and won’t do anything to address any problems with NASCAR!

That’s more due to the fact they’ve added big splitters and side skirts, bring back the Gen 4 body and passing will resume

Someone invented a carburetor that would allow a car to get 100/200/whatever miles per gallon BUT THE GUBMINT DONE SQUARSHED IT!!