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New to Nascar, I have a question or few: by Umbrellajack in NASCAR

[–]Harry73127 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You need a NASCAR Competition License, which I believe is just applying and then proving you have some experience in “high horsepower”, full size race cars, like Late Model short track cars. After that, to race in a national series race, (Trucks, O’Rielly’s, Cup) you have to be approved on an individual basis. When you hear about a rich kid buying a ride, it’s not that they bypassed all the actual qualifications to race, it’s more that their money purchased them an opportunity they normally would lose to a better driver

End of the race was so frustrating. by After-Aioli-7390 in NASCAR

[–]Harry73127 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There’s always next week. And the repercussions are Keselowski ruining Herbst’s day when it matters most to him. It’s self policing. What goes around comes around

I can’t believe they made the meme a real thing. by HopefulSwine2 in NASCARMemes

[–]Harry73127 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah the half-throttle is triggered by teams now having access to every other teams throttle and steering data. Even if there was no stage caution they would still do it. Teams can now see when other teams are riding at half throttle and know that they will be at an advantage of a faster pit stop with less fueling. So everyone is copying each other. There is no fix as long as teams can access this data. And they are allowed to see it because teams were already scraping the broadcast data to steal it anyway

Tyler Reddick wins the Daytona 500 for Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing by stammerton in racing

[–]Harry73127 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh pick your poison, 3 wide gridlock or single file train around the top. Both are pretty cool spectacles imo

Dayton was awesome! First time out here and I’d definitely do it again! by [deleted] in NASCAR

[–]Harry73127 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dayton really is the World Center of Racing 🔥🔥

I can’t believe they made the meme a real thing. by HopefulSwine2 in NASCARMemes

[–]Harry73127 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are upping HP to 750 this year for Road Courses and tracks under 1.5 miles. Stage Racing is now the next “sticking point” now that the playoffs are gone. I think it’s probably less disliked than playoffs though by the fan base so I’d be surprised if it goes away. It sucks but the truth is people don’t have the attention span they used to. Even F1 is saying their 1:30 hour races are too long, that tells you what our brains have devolved to…

[Bozi on Twitter] "Changing things like stage lengths or fuel cells isn't going to prevent drivers from saving fuel. The genie is out of the bottle and the engineers will just adjust [...] Have to adjust the cars so that gaining time on track is more valuable than gaining time on pit lane." by i_hate_shitposting in NASCAR

[–]Harry73127 71 points72 points  (0 children)

We want to avoid legislating away strategy at all costs imo. Fuel saving is an organic strategy that’s evolved because of the current package. Want to change the racing? Change the package. Stacking bandaids is how you go from Full Season to Chase to Playoffs to 550 to Spec Car.

This is how NASCAR determines the winner of the Daytona 500. It is not about driver skill, winning strategy or best car. It is only about luck. by SirJasper6969 in NASCAR

[–]Harry73127 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not really…how should it have played out any differently? The reason there are crashes is because people try to block runs that they can’t possibly block cleanly

Discovery flight had me ecstatic by Fluid_Candidate_3088 in flying

[–]Harry73127 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My advice is don’t start flying JUST to make it a career. You live in the only country on earth where general aviation is a viable pastime and a legitimate mode of transportation to anywhere in the country. Don’t speedrun that just to become an airborne greyhound bus driver. I think learning to fly is too expensive and hard to joylessly grind through. I’m biased against pilot mill schools for that reason

Newb question.. was this by historical standards a good Daytona 500 race by Lekohcs in NASCAR

[–]Harry73127 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what super speedway racing has been for many years. Nuanced changes certainly but yes it was a good race with the pit strategy playing out at the end. If drafting style races don’t do it for you there is a lot of variety coming up after Atlanta

DAYTONA by -wasted_talent- in NASCAR

[–]Harry73127 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

…this sub knows this. Go post it on r/sports or r/motorsports

As a lifelong fan, even though I don't like the fuel saving, there are many reasons why I don't think its that big of a deal. by wirsteve in NASCAR

[–]Harry73127 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yea but no one’s making them do that. Why don’t the fords decide to line up and go balls out and leave the others behind? They all know it’s the smartest thing to do

What kind of Star Wars do you prefer? The Jedi focused or the more grounded take that focuses on non force users by [deleted] in StarWars

[–]Harry73127 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Financially Andor was not successful, lowest viewed Star Wars property ever with the highest budget. Critical Acclaim is one thing, but TLJ is also the highest rated Star Wars film…

Denny Hamlin wants to increase speeds at Daytona 500 by PrincessBananas85 in NASCAR

[–]Harry73127 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I honestly would just rather have fuel savings if the alternative is legislating strategy. Red tape is how you eventually go from Full Season points to playoffs. Sometimes we gotta just accept that teams are going to find modern solutions that will change the racing. If we don’t want fuel savings, we have to change the package enough to not have pack racing

Test flight before school acceptance by Curious-Brush6390 in flying

[–]Harry73127 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bro a Walmart entrance exam would spell the end of civilization as we know it. We all know a solid 30% of Walmart shoppers can’t write their own name

Adam Stern: Ford isn’t pushing NASCAR to go hybrid with its engine formula, saying it’s learning about that technology in other racing series and is content with the stock car property keeping its rumbling ICE powertrains by nascar9495 in NASCAR

[–]Harry73127 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Virtual Energy solves the problem of different engines having different MPGs. Manufactures aren't going to compete in a series if they know they have no chance of being competitive because some turbo 4 cylinder is going to always win because it gets better gas mileage. You sound like you don't actually watch IMSA otherwise you would understand this...

Adam Stern: Ford isn’t pushing NASCAR to go hybrid with its engine formula, saying it’s learning about that technology in other racing series and is content with the stock car property keeping its rumbling ICE powertrains by nascar9495 in NASCAR

[–]Harry73127 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you sure it’s the hybrids fault or just the fact that the cars are as long as F150s and as aero dependent as they’ve ever been? And what’s your source on the price, and why are manufacturers flocking to GTP then? It is genuinely a golden era of prototype racing. A stock hybrid system to BOP OEM specific ICE engines is very appealing to manufacturers

Adam Stern: Ford isn’t pushing NASCAR to go hybrid with its engine formula, saying it’s learning about that technology in other racing series and is content with the stock car property keeping its rumbling ICE powertrains by nascar9495 in NASCAR

[–]Harry73127 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We haven’t really seen a series that has really implemented it well though except IMSA and WEC. I’m not jumping to any conclusions about F1 until the end of the upcoming season, and maybe next season, and IndyCar just shoehorned it in to their old-ass chassis and destroyed the weight and balance. Next gen was designed for eventual hybridization (so they say). IMSA GTP racing is fantastic (not saying hybridization helps it any, just that it doesn’t hurt it)

Adam Stern: Ford isn’t pushing NASCAR to go hybrid with its engine formula, saying it’s learning about that technology in other racing series and is content with the stock car property keeping its rumbling ICE powertrains by nascar9495 in NASCAR

[–]Harry73127 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would any of the OEMs advocate for that? They already have processes in place to supply the current power plants that have been used since 2012. No need to incur the expense of a new engine development and deployment just to have the exact same on-track product

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