How about this bumper sandwich @ 194 mph? With two laps to go and after a dozen+ car crash earlier.
These guys couldn’t race one lap in open wheel cars.
These guys couldn’t race one lap in open wheel cars.
So what you're saying is that these guys couldn't drive two laps without crashing, and then couldn't make it around one time without crashing? I so don't understand this sport.In today’s race continuation after the huge multi car crashes, there was a two lap run to the checker, with another crash and then a one lapper that had yet another crash, a serious one for the car that got flipped upside down and hit by another car as he toched down, upside down, and skidded on his top all the way. The car that initially ‘pushed’ him finished second by a couple of feet. It’s quite obvious to me why they don’t allow rain tires on these 3,400 pound 190+ mph out of control bumper cars.
So what you're saying is that these guys couldn't drive two laps without crashing, and then couldn't make it around one time without crashing? I so don't understand this sport.
I get what you're saying, both of you, it's not about snobbery, I just don't understand why they crash so much. In every other form of racing (except demolition derby) the object is to avoid crashing at almost all costs. Seems to me like in Nascar the crashes are the spectacle. To each their own...
But F1 cars, LMR cars, GP and WSB bikes all manage those speeds while crashing far less. I understand that danger is inherent to motorsports, but they seem to do it more often than anyone else.At 200mph you cover 293ft/sec. Above average reaction time of half a second would still mean you hit a dozen cars before you can lift off the throttle. I’m not a Nascar fan but Daytona is the one race I watch. It’s a combination of strategy, luck, speed, and February boredom. And everyone is waiting for the big one that always happens. With the reaction from announcers and the actions taken at the track I didn’t think the news was gonna be good about Ryan Newman.