Daytona 500

[Richard Tanner]

As others have explained, you usually have to let up on the gas in a stock car. What's interesting about F1 and indy car racing, is that you don't have to lift off the gas that much. THose cars generate a huge amount of downforce, as they are basically an overturned airplane wing, so much downforce that they could be driven upside-down if need be. Stock cars can't, and therefore it takes a little more "driver skill" to win those races.

Cody

[pokerjo22]

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THose cars generate a huge amount of downforce, as they are basically an overturned airplane wing, so much downforce that they could be driven upside-down if need be.

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Yeah, I read that once. Now THAT would be an entertaining race, if you could have the track twist over for one section of the racetrack so they have to drive upside down!

[Richard Tanner]

No kidding, although the inevitable carnage from when they slow on a yellow flag would be a dark, dark day for motorsports. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Cody

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No kidding, although the inevitable carnage from when they slow on a yellow flag would be a dark, dark day for motorsports.


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That and the greatest SportsCenter highlight ever.

[peachy]

Well, we sponser the Daytona 500 and Talledega races, and its b/c of the large crowd sizes as compared to other events, although im a football girl mahself