In a time of uncertainty, the sport and its sponsors are leaning on experienced faces and big-budget teams, virtually ignoring the progress made in the past twenty years. As the New York Times so helpfully reminds us , Jeff Gordon entered the series in at the tender age of 21 and won his first championship two years later, destroying the notion that years of experience were required to succeed in the sport.
Young drivers in NASCAR's feeder series are kept from moving up by an excess of older talent, all of whom love the sport's consistent paycheck and relatively easy lifestyle. Drivers who are different from other drivers. Cars that are different from other cars. Racing that is comprehensible to people watching on TV or sitting in the stands, and competition that seems to be rooted in real-world decisions.
This sort of thing was present not too long ago. It wouldn't take that much work to bring back, but what mystifies me is how no one has made any concrete moves toward a solution. Once, stock-car racing was an embodiment of everything good about America — it represented freewheeling, under-the-radar thinking and the glory of working within a system. I've sat on pit boxes at NASCAR races, I've stood in the stands, and I've wandered paddocks for hours, gazing into the valve covers of massive V-8s and watching engineers tweak chassis.
I grew up in the American South, and I love speed, drama, spec racing, and big engines. I should be the easiest sell on Earth for this stuff, but for the most part, it bores me to tears. Two-hundred-mph cars and the closest racing on Earth, and the average American, much less the average car enthusiast, doesn't care. What's wrong with this picture?
There is nothing boring about driving a car at mph , never mind doing so while turning a corner with other cars at each side of you trying to get past. And this is just on the oval tracks; the road courses present even more of a challenge for the drivers. With more corners and fewer long straights, the drivers need to be able to control the car while going as fast as they can manage.
There is very little downforce on stock cars, so unlike F1 where cornering speeds are insanely high, NASCAR drivers need to time their braking and throttle perfectly, while not losing any speed to let others get the jump on them. Doing this in a car which could very easily slide under the immense cornering forces is a scary thought, and so it is exciting to watch the drivers do it on a weekly basis.
But there is more than just skill involved, as there is a lot of strategy to bear in mind as well. This comes in part from the driver in the race, but also those on the sidelines.
With all of the cars offering pretty much the same power and aerodynamic profile, teams need to be smart about every aspect of the race if they want to get to the front. The driver will need to be good of course, but how they plan their overtakes and defense is key if they want to take the lead and keep it. This adds another element of excitement into the mix with which team will come out on top. It is far from boring , with some of the fastest driving on the planet making for very exciting overtakes and big crashes.
These are what some people love the sport for, but for others it is all about the strategy and skill involved. So, the very idea of watching the same thing happening for hours is boring and that is why some people are of the notion that this motorsport is boring. The challenges in NASCAR are more appealing and there are more chances of a crash that add an element of danger to the race that make it more exciting.
Having said that NASCAR has its own downsides such as long race times — an average race takes about 3 hours to complete, old cars, and at times outdated technology.
F1 on the other hand leverages the latest technologies is all about fast moving cars on a set track and takes much less time to complete. This is one of the most common questions that race enthusiasts or people new to the racing world have in their minds.
But some of these races may end up lasting much longer that is up to 6 hours or more. This can be due to several types of delays that may take place in the racing track or even the race can actually take that amount of time to be completed. The ticket costs also factor the vehicle costs, their maintenance, etc, the salary of team members, travel and accommodation costs, prize money costs, specialised services, costs of track maintenance etc. All in all, the ticket prices are decided based on all the factors plus the kind of package you choose.
The simple answer to that question is — very fast. They have vehicles with quick acceleration that can go from 0 to 60 mph in just 3 seconds. The NASCAR tracks are designed in a way to help the drivers go up to such speeds and maintain that speed throughout the race. The tracks are designed with good amount of banking that let the cars move in the circular tracks nice and steady in fast speeds for a long time. It is if your doing the driving. Imagine driving round a corner at the limit then add one car in front of you that your trying to overtake whilst trying to keep another behind you trying to do the same to you.
Add cars sometimes either side of you on the bigger superspeedways and it certainly get's your attention. Although in recent years it has been dulled by restrictions which turn most races into last lap sprints which has made it dull for the spectator unless you're a moonshined-up good 'ole boy from Alabama.
In which case just the spectacle of seeing a "horseless carriage" and people completely unrelated to you is enough to get you excited.
Just spent 3 weeks in the states and when looking for motorsport on the tv this was just about all I could find. I don't doubt driving it might be fun, but watching it made the most boring f1 parade feel like a world cup final between England and Germany, I tried, honest I tried, but no, lots of cars looking very similar, doing very similar speeds around a very similar corner , having the occasional very similar crash - I honestly don't get it.
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