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Not only are the cars of NASCAR anything but “stock” cars, now they don’t behave well on roads which are too good.
Saturday night‘s race in Charlotte NC at Lowe’s Motor Speedway had a rash of exploding tires.
Track president Humpy Wheeler (no, I did not make that up) used a grinding process not once but twice on the asphalt as a temporary fix until he could repave it. It created a surface that was too fast for the custom tires Goodyear provided.
There were 15 cautions, including 12 for accidents, and most were the result of blown tires. Half of the Chase for the Championship drivers had tire problems, including Tony Stewart who crashed hard into a wall while leading the race.
So, non-stock cars (which we can never own) with exclusively expensive special tires (which we cannot afford) do poorly on too-smooth roads (which we will never drive on).
Which is the "stock" part?
Not only are the cars of NASCAR anything but “stock” cars, now they don’t behave well on roads which are too good.
Saturday night‘s race in Charlotte NC at Lowe’s Motor Speedway had a rash of exploding tires.
Track president Humpy Wheeler (no, I did not make that up) used a grinding process not once but twice on the asphalt as a temporary fix until he could repave it. It created a surface that was too fast for the custom tires Goodyear provided.
There were 15 cautions, including 12 for accidents, and most were the result of blown tires. Half of the Chase for the Championship drivers had tire problems, including Tony Stewart who crashed hard into a wall while leading the race.
So, non-stock cars (which we can never own) with exclusively expensive special tires (which we cannot afford) do poorly on too-smooth roads (which we will never drive on).
Which is the "stock" part?
posted by Greg Finnegan @ 8:29 PM
2 Comments:
At 10:05 PM,
brendalove@gmail.com said…
Ya'll can't be messin' with Nascar, now! What would Dale Earnhardt do?
At 10:39 PM,
Greg Finnegan said…
Now, I admire Dale Earnhardt Sr. He was a good guy in a great sport. They just should stop calling it "stock car". Oh, any now that you mention it, how were his tires on that terrible day?
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