s2k7 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-03-10/nascars-plan-to-turbocharge-the-racing-series?campaign_id=yhoo :party: demolition danica is too dangerous for this setup ! Edited March 12, 2014 by s2k7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-03-10/nascars-plan-to-turbocharge-the-racing-series?campaign_id=yhoo :party: demolition danica is too dangerous for this setup ! Two fast is nearly fast enough! :jester: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannon Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 The title of the article is misleading, they are not going to turbo engines, just "turbocharging" the series to recover lost ticket sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 The title of the article is misleading, they are not going to turbo engines, just "turbocharging" the series to recover lost ticket sales. . . . . . :nopity: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanG Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I think NASCAR should go to 2 liter turbo motors. Only stock turbos and bodies allowed. Minimum build of 10,000 cars to have an eligible body. Control boost & weight to level the playing field. Allow real brakes. Transmissions have to have the same number of gears and type (auto/manual) as the street cars. Outlaw spotters. Limit communication to the driver to pit boards. Only local yellow flags unless the track is blocked. Death penalty to anyone who says "boogity". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheapracer Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 I think NASCAR should go to 2 liter turbo motors. Australian Touring cars went from V8s to 2.0 litres once. Once. There is an unreplaceable mystique surrounding big V8's, only a fool would replace them and relevance be damned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klasik-69 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Nascar is losing its fan base. Daytona is closing out its back stretch seating and reducing the number of seats by going to a slightly bigger and more comfortable seat. They are going higher in the stands so people can see more of the track. It is a reality that going to a major race is a very serious expense, and maybe it has gotten too expensive for the typical family of 4 or even the weekend warrior drunks. Recent personal battles between drivers and even the Danica Patrick saga has the smell of Hollywood soap operas complete with pre-written script and sometimes it seems like Nascar is becoming more like WWF. Look at races broadcast on TV and see the number of empty seats. Daytona used to bring in over 200,000 fans for the 500 and now they consider themselves lucky if they draw 125,000. Infield and bleacher seats numbered over 225,000, which is 100,000 more than needed. Rolex 24 hour race this past January was no exception. You could pick any seat you wanted, anywhere you wanted, any time you wanted. I don't know what will make it change, perhaps it has run its course and TV has made it too comfortable and too convenient to watch it at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hill Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Mike I think you're right on a number of fronts with your comments.... 20 years ago we would watch what was then the Twin 125 qualifiers at Daytona from the backstretch bleachers (no pit stops for those events then) then head for home to watch the 500 on tv 3 days later. And this from a guy who had prime front stretch seats for almost 20 yrs. The costs even then had gotten out of hand, and that situation certainly hasn't improved. Add in the over-manipulation by Nascar, the cookie cutter cars, the latest version of "the Chase", and I hardly bother to even watch on tv. The product is almost unrecognisable as racing, more like tv wrestling. The GTR is raising the bar, esp in the right hands. Long story but my son Travis drove one in the Optima Street Car Challenge after the SEMA show in 2012, finished 5th overall, 3rd in 2 of the 5 components of the event with an almost stock appearing car. Made a lot of the V8 crowd do a doubletake. Tuners like Switzer (they had played with turbos and mapping) are killing what we historically thought were musclecars. It's a new era...us old guys have to reconsider what defines performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboWood Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I've never been much of a fan for NASCAR, but even sports I like (football) are better on TV. Why pay so much for expensive seats, expensive beer, terrible traffic, and not seeing all the critical information in zoomed in HD? You don't even need cable or satellite anymore. I watched the superbowl on the internet and use netflix or hulu for almost everything else. Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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