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Aint nothing like a brisk walk around the block to clear the air
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Stock Car Racing History
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Nope no fingers were pointed you just put yourself there if you thought it was pointed be careful now the muds kinda Cold up there on that Rock .... Ha Ha Ha now put your broom up cause you aint sweeping me off the porch
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And who ever said you was failing at the home page or the discussion page??? HUH ?? I think you are doing a heck of a great job,you just not getting the roses sent to you like they should. And as for reading A L L these posts and articles I would have to stay glued to this screen. You keep up the great work and Ruby will keep the grass cut ----S M I LE
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Spatting??? Me ?? NEVER but I may hang in there a few rounds debating ==as Jeff would say Wrestling with a pig
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And since when can two great minds not think alike??
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And who ever said you didnt know anything as you so write
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Havent ever read your breakdown, just was setting thinking and started typing. EXCUSE me if I look like im stealing your thunder -----but I aint.
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Have you ever given any thought to the evolution of stock cars from the beginning?
The first to be used on a Nascar type track was the lovely but agile 39/40 Ford Coupe. For a song you could go racing because junk yards had your new racer waiting patiently on you . All it took was a few bucks paid for it and a lot of southern thoughtful creating.
After world war two guys were coming home with all sorts of great ideas just waiting to jump out of their heads and what better place to use them than on race cars.
Along in the late 40s General Motors came out with a new invention called an overhead V8 engine in their Olds and in a coupe it was fast. Flatheads had their hands full with them. Then a Guy took a Hudson and modified the engine slightly and it proved to be competitive. So good was it that he went to Detroit and persuaded the Hudson factory to build the first underslung car with his famous twin Carburetor flat head six which got the Hudson package dubbed The Hornet. This was the new wave of power and prevailed until 1955 when Ford and Chevrolet came out with those awesome overhead V8 motors, and the race was on.
Stock cars as a whole ran through 1965 then the swing to the smaller unibody cars started,and did they ever shake up the racing scene with all the different things tried.
Hudson was the first to have factory sponsorship but by the 60s Detroit was head over heels in racing.
The first overall modification of the car came for the 1967 season. The car had a stock body with a modified frame and modified chassis. Holman-Moody, Banjo Matthews and Hutchenson-Pagan built chassis for the teams. In the late 60s wings spoilers and dams were of the norm with a pointed or two noses thrown in for good measure.
By the middle of the 70s the American muscle hit the track in full force as aerodynamics became more advanced. The magic of big cubic inches for power was slowly giving way to mouse motors and the new game was on in weight vs cubic inches.
In 1981 came a more race-centered series of vehicles. The wheel base was reduced to 110 inches; and NASCAR downsized cars to better resemble cars on the showroom floor, though body panels were still purchased through the manufacturers.
Special names were being enshrined in Nascar like Petty - Pearson - and The Intimidator Dale Earnhardt became a legend in this third-generation Chevrolet.
General motors tried a few tricks in the 80s with a little Aero window on the chevy but Ford roared back with a little known North Ga. driver know as Bill Elliott and
on April 30, 1987, Bill Elliott set the NASCAR qualifying speed record at Talladega in this car at 212.809 mph with his little red Thunderbird .
Well along came the Generation 4 design of car and NASCAR altered the look of the race car significantly in this generation. It had a highly modified body, leading teams to spend hours in the wind tunnel to gain an aero edge. The bumpers, nose and tail were composed of molded fiberglass based off production counterparts In 1995 Chevrolet swapped body styles to the Monte Carlo and Jeff Gordon drove it to four championships
iN 1998 Ford introduced the Ford Tarus.This was the first four-door stock car model approved for NASCAR competition in the modern era.
Chrysler took a break from Nascar for a few years but came back with Ray Everham in 2001 with a Dodge Intrepid. Also in the middle of all this a new player came into the picture,Toyota.
The cars were trying to revert back to the likes of the competitors and fans. Competitors and fans missed the look of the spoiler, so it returned at Martinsville on 3/27/2010.Chevrolets championship car featured a front splitter, rear wing and a whole lot of dominance.
So now enters the Generation 5 car in 2007. The so-called Car of Tomorrow introduced a new era in car safety. It featured a common body and chassis for all manufacturers designed to reduce the need for track-specific race cars. It included a front splitter and rear wing to offer teams aero adjustment options. But the end of Generation 5 cars also ended the famous 2012 Chevy Impala.
Enter 2012 and Generation 6 cars, Indeed they were different and actually had a similarity to a showroom car. The Generation 6 car marks the return of the showroom look. Manufactured-unique body panels are placed on the existing chassis. Enhanced body designs are built to more closely resemble the cars found in showrooms across the US and the design aims to put the stock back into stock-car racing.
So now you are up to the 2013 Daytona race. The car has changed several times and the rule book has more additions to it than the law allows,almost.
Also if you look you will see familiar names in strange cars so remember to get a sharp pencil with an eraser so you can keep score of the movement of the boys and girls on the track.
So whether you drive a Chevy ,Ford or even a Hudson you were in style at one period of time in racing.
February will start the new year off right ---ARE YOU READY? ? ?
updated by @johnny-mallonee: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
DO TEST PILOTS COUNT IN NASCAR?
Current NASCAR
Hot shot pilot David Hyder is going to work as a test pilot -----crew chief for Stewart Haas racing. Now he isnt no dummy behind the wheel because he has over 100 victories in the southeast.And he also crewchiefed for Woods Bros soooooo he can take his rollers off his box and settle in to the business of upping the anti With the new car coming this season, theyd been talking about putting a test team together. Im not sure what all it will entail yet, but Zippy (Stewart-Haas Racing Director of Competition Greg Zipadelli) told me to plan on going to Daytona. Ironic that Danica is stepping up full time there between those two drivers called Stewart and Newman. Their size in relation to hers is quite a showstopper. So the bottom line is Stewart -Haas Racing is developing a new test team. Sounds almost to good to be true, OR IS IT ! !
updated by @johnny-mallonee: 12/05/16 04:04:08PM
rolex 24 hrs race handing out penalities like NASCAR
General
under one name is composed of various names, almost like american auto makers-- each is different in name,price and how they are presented to the public but they still play by the same general rules .. A Corvette and a GT 40 are both Sports cars but each are different in name of manufacture, so are they really sports cars or are they a hyped up version of a Ford or Chevrolet.
Rolex and Grand Am are what some call Sports cars but are they really? Could they race with authority at LeMans or in Australia with the Supercars?
A name is only what you wish it to be --an organization has the ability to categorize each as it sees fit but after its out from under the umbrella of the organizations name they have to make their own name dominate less they fall by the wayside like other series of the past.
So what Nascar wants is to control what egg is taken out of the basket at what time to be used as such.....!