[DeTomaso] NPC - Yesterday's Nascar wreck

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/24/13 13 14 32, guido_detomaso at prodigy.net writes:


>  
> I'm ignorant as to the difference between Saturday's race and Sunday's 
> race ...
> are both using the same "next generation" car ?  If yes, does that have 
> anything
> to do with all the cars being in one big pack at the end of the race ?
>  
> Any input appreciated, thanks,
>  
> 

NASCAR is the World Wrestling Foundation of motorsports.   Among other 
things, in an attempt to limit speeds, they force the teams to run restrictor 
plates between the carb and intake manifold which seriously chokes down the 
engine and restricts horsepower.   All the cars are therefore almost perfectly 
matched, meaning that the only way to get anywhere is to draft.   So it 
forces the cars to run in these great big packs, inches apart, and when one guy 
bobbles, catastrophe results.

I refuse to watch NASCAR as a matter of principle.

Mike