Car racing stock is a form of auto racing that is found primarily and most prominently in the United States and Canada, with Australia, New Zealand, England and Brazil also having a form of stock car racing. Traditionally, the race is run on an oval track measuring about 0.25 to 2.66 miles (0.4 to 4.3 kilometers). The world's largest governing body for stock car racing is NASCAR America, and its NASCAR Cup Series Energy Monster is the top-tier series of professional race car races. The upper level race usually ranges from 200 to 600 miles (322 to 966 km) in length.
Top-level stock cars reach speeds of over 200 mph (322 km/h) on racetrack and on superspeedway lanes like Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The contemporary high-end NASCAR cars produce maximum power output of 860-900 hp from naturally aspirated V8 engines. In October 2007 American race car racer Russ Wicks set a speed record for stock cars on the 2007-season Dodge Charger built for the NASCAR specification by reaching a maximum speed of 244.9 mph (394.1 km/h) at Bonneville Salt Flats. For the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2015 season, power output from competing cars ranges from 750 to 800 hp (560 to 600 kW).
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In the 1920s, moonshine runners during the Prohibition era often had to run faster than the authorities. To do so, they must upgrade their vehicles - while letting them look mediocre, so as not to attract attention. Finally, the runners start gathering with fellow runners and make a run together. They will challenge each other and eventually evolve into events held in the early 1930s. The main problem facing the race is the lack of a set of integrated rules between different paths. When Bill France saw the problem, he arranged a meeting at the Streamline Hotel to form an organization that would unify the rules.
When NASCAR was first formed by Bill France, Sr. in 1948 to regulate the stock car racing in the US, there is a requirement that every entirely made car is made of spare parts available to the general public through car dealerships. In addition, the car must be a model that has sold more than 500 units to the public. This is referred to as "homologation". In the early years of NASCAR, the cars were so "stock" it was common for drivers to drive themselves into the competition in the car that they would run in the race. While car engine technology remained fairly stagnant in World War II, the development of advanced aircraft piston engines has provided much of the available data, and NASCAR was formed simply because some of the improved technology will soon be available in production cars. Until the emergence of the Trans-Am Series in 1967, the NASCAR homologation car was the closest thing a public could buy that was actually very similar to a car that won a national race.
The 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket V-8 with displacement of 303 c.i. is widely recognized as the first overhead engine overhead valve first (OHV) becomes available to the public. The Oldsmobile was soon successful in 1949 and 1950, and all car manufacturers could not help paying attention to higher sales of Oldsmobile 88 to the public buy. The day's motto became "win on Sunday, sell on Monday". However, despite the fact that some engines competed more advanced, the aerodynamic and low-swept Hudson Hornet won in 1951, 1952, and 1953 with 308 c.i. (5.0 L) inline six-cylinder engine that uses a flathead flat style, proving that there are more wins than just a more powerful engine.
At that time, it usually takes three years to design a new car body or engine to end up in production and available for NASCAR racing. Most of the cars sold to the public do not have a wide selection of machines, and the majority of the purchaser community at the time was not interested in the option of the massive special edition machine that will soon become popular. However, the end of the Korean War in 1953 started an economic boom, and then car buyers soon began demanding a more powerful engine.
Also in 1953, NASCAR recommended that drivers add a roll bar, but did not need it.
In 1955, Chrysler produced C-300 with 300 HP 331 c.i. (5.4L) OHV engine, which was easily won in 1955 and 1956.
In 1957, several important events took place. The Automobile Manufacturers Association (AMA) forbids manufacturers from using race wins in their ads and provides direct support to racing teams, as they feel it leads to desperate street racing. It forces manufacturers to be creative in producing parts to help win riders. Race teams are often caught trying to use factory-produced spares that are not really publicly available, although many passages are labeled as heavy-duty "police" parts. Car manufacturers want to perform according to the ban, but they also want to win.
The NASCAR track at the time was a dirt track with a simple obstacle, and during the 1957 season Mercury Monterey crashed into the crowd. It kills many audiences, and leads to serious improvements to security rules, which in turn encourage the construction of larger and more modern tracks. Also in 1957, Chevrolet sold enough of their new fuel injection engine to the public to make it available for racing (and Ford started selling the supercharger as an option), but Bill France immediately banned fuel injection and superchargers from NASCAR before they could race.. However, even without official factory support or fuel injection use, Buck Baker won in 1957 driving a small block V-8 Chevrolet Bel Air.
In 1961, Ford introduced the 391 F1 in the low drag Galaxie "Starliner", but the 1960 and '61 championships were won by drivers in the 409-powered Chevrolet Impalas.
Pontiac introduced their "Super Duty" 421 on Catalina that uses a lot of aluminum body parts to save weight, and Pontiac easily won in 1962.
Golden Year
The desire of the fans and producers alike for higher performance automobiles within homologation restrictions means that automakers began producing limited-edition "special edition" automobiles based on high production base models. It also became clear that producers were willing to produce larger machines to stay competitive (Ford had developed the 483 they had hoped for the race). For NASCAR engines the 1963 season is limited to use a maximum displacement of 7.0 liters (427 cu.in.) and uses only two valves per cylinder.
Also, even with special heavy-duty editions sold to the public for homologation purposes, the rules of racing cars are further modified, especially for the sake of safety. This is because their racers and cars during this era are subjected to unheard-of forces in road use, and require a much higher level of protection than those typically provided by the real "inventory" automobile bodies.
In 1963 Ford sold quite a lot of their "sport-roof" aerodynamic editions to the public to qualify as stock, and with the heavy duty FE block boring and pedaling to the new limit of 427, the top five were all Ford.. Chrysler had tired of 413 them to create "Max Wedge" 426, but still could not compete with Ford. General Motors' headquarters had actually tried to comply with the 1957 ban, but their Chevrolet division also kept trying to overcome it, as other manufacturers have openly avoided the ban. In 1963 GM surrendered and publicly ignored compliance, and Chevrolet was allowed to produce ZO6 427, but did not immediately enjoy success.
Then, in 1964 the new Chrysler 426 Hemi engine dominated the series at Plymouth Belvedere's "Sport Fury", its homologation rules changed so that 1,000 of every machine and car had to be sold to the public to qualify as a stock, not just 500. This made Hemi 426 not available for the 1965 season.
In 1965 Ford adapted two single-overhead-cams to their FE 427 V8 to enable it to run at a higher RPM (called the Ford 427 Cammer). Ford started selling "cameramen" to the public to homologize (mostly for the sponsorer-sponsored drag sponsorer), but NASCAR changed the rules to determine that all NASCAR machines had to use a cam-in-block. But even without a cammer, the Ford FE 427 won in 1965.
In 1966 Chrysler sold enough of the 426 Hemis to make it available again, and they put it into their new Dodge Charger which has a radically sloped rear window behind. It was called "fast-back", and because of this David Pearson was the champion of the series that year with Richard Petty dominating 1967, winning 27 of 48 races (including 10 in a row) in Plymouth Belvedere coffin.
The 1969 season featured Torino Cobra or Torino "Talladega" which had considerable aerodynamic body improvements that gave it a higher speed than the 1968 Torino, without any other changes. The Cobra, featuring extended noses and re-formed rockers, was renamed the Talladega section of the road through the 1969 season when Boss 429 replaced the 427. Starting from 1963 up to this point, Ford has won six straight Manufacturers Championships, and by the end of 1969 Ford's season would have made it seven times in a row. Richard Petty was tired of winning the race but lost the championship, so after personally seeing the new engine of Talladega and Boss 429 Ford, he signed a profitable contract with Ford.
Before his first race at the Daytona 500, David Pearson who supported 427 Ford Torino Cobra set a new NASCAR record by being the first to exceed 190 mph when he qualified at 190.029 mph. When the race started, Torino Donnie Allison led most of the races (84 rounds). Toward the end of the race, Torino of LeeRoy Yarbrough chased Dodge Charlie Glotzbach, who led 11 seconds. This is the first Daytona 500 victory on the last lap. Things got worse for Dodge when NASCAR, a few months later, finally allowed Ford to run a benign Boss 429 engine.
With Ford winning the majority of the race, Dodge was forced to develop a better car. Using the Charger 500 as the base, they add a pointy nose. This nose is almost a carbon copy of the nose in the prototype Ford Mustang II 1962. This radical body shape requires the wings to remain stable at speeds of more than 180 mph. They named it the Dodge Daytona after the race they had hoped to win. Although it never won the Daytona 500 race, it was still a significant improvement over its predecessor, the Dodge Charger 500.
NASCAR is concerned that this speed increase is significantly beyond the tire technology capabilities of the day, and will undoubtedly increase the horrific number of shipwrecks that occur. As a result, the 1970's Homologation rules were changed so that one car for every two US dealerships had to be built for sale to the public in order to qualify, hoping to delay the use of aero-body until tires could be fixed.
For the 1970 season Dodge ran the Daytona 1969 model, but Plymouth managed to build over 1,920 Plymouth Superbirds, which equally equipped with Daytona. Petty returned to Plymouth with a Superbph 200 mph, and Bobby Isaac won the season championships in Daytona. NASCAR restricts all "aero-cars" including Ford Talladega, Mercury Spoiler II, Charger 500, Dodge Daytona, and Plymouth Superbird for maximum engine displacement of 305 cu.in. (about 5.0L) for 1971. Almost all teams switched to non-aero bodystyles. NASCAR eventually adopted the limiting plate to limit the top speed to the 7.0L engine as the team switched to a small block of 358 cu.in. (5.9L) engine.
Fans, drivers, and manufacturers alike are demanding a complete set of rules. NASCAR responds in a way that they hope will make the car safer and more equal, so the race series will be more of a driver test, rather than a car technology test.
This era drew its conclusions in the 1970s. 1972 brings so many changes to the rules, has prompted many to consider this year as the beginning of the modern NASCAR racing era. In addition, R.J. Reynolds (the tobacco conglomerate) took over as the main sponsor of NASCAR racing (renamed the "Winston Cup") and they made a much larger financial contribution than the previous sponsors. Richard Petty's personal supporters with STP also set new higher standards for financial rewards for driving teams. The sudden infusion of a much larger amount of money alters the whole nature of the sport.
The 1973 oil crisis meant that homologation cars of special editions of major displacements of all brands suddenly became unsold. Through the balance of the 1970s through 1992, the factory stockmetal above the racing framework made the cars look very similar to their street version counterparts. It can be argued that 1993, with the addition of ground-type grounding effects marked the beginning of non-stock sheetmetal and since then, stock cars are quickly left very different from whatever is available to the public. Modern "stock" racing cars have only a name stock, using body templates that are modeled vaguely after the cars that are available today. The chassis, running fixtures, and other equipment have little to do with anything in a regular car. NASCAR and car manufacturers have realized this, and for 2013 each brand (Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, and Toyota) have redesigned their racing layer to be more like their car's street model.
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Car Type
A stock car, in its original sense, is a car that has not been modified from its original factory configuration. Then the term stock car becomes the production-based car used in racing. The term is used to distinguish such cars from "race cars", specially designed custom cars designed only for racing purposes.
The extent to which cars conform to standard model specifications has changed over the years and varies from country to country. Today most American cars may be superficially resembling a standard American family sedan, but it is actually a racing engine built specifically for a series of tight rules governing the design of a car that ensures that the chassis, suspension, engine, etc. Architecturally identical to all vehicles. For example, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series racing vehicle now requires fuel injectors. The closest European equation to a stock race car is probably touring tournaments. In the UK and New Zealand there is a racing formula called stock cars but the cars are very different from any road car. In Australia there is a formula very similar to NASCAR called AUSCAR.
The Racecar-Euro Series started in 2009 and was approved by NASCAR as a series of tours in 2012, currently operating as NASCAR Whelen Euro Series.
Street stock and pure stock
The "true" car race, which consists of only street vehicles that can be bought by the general public, is sometimes called "street stock", "pure stock", "hobby stock", "showroom stock" or "U car" In 1972, SCCA started its first showroom racing series, with the highest price in a $ 3,000 car.Some modern showroom racing allows the safety modifications to be done on showroom stock cars.
Super stock
Super stock classes are similar to street stocks, but allow for more modifications to the machine. The power output is usually in the range of 500-550 horsepower (373-410 kilowatts). The width of the tire is usually limited to 8 inches (200 mm).
Some entry level classes are called "street stock", and are similar to what is often called "banger racing" in the UK.
Late Model
Late models are usually the cars with the highest class in local racing. Rules for the construction of the final model cars vary from region to region and even race tracks to race tracks. The most common variations (on paved paths) include super slow models (SLM), model end model cars (LMSCs), and finite end models (LLM). Late models may be specially made machines, or highly modified street cars. Individual sanctioning bodies (such as NASCAR, ACT, PASS, UARA, CRA, etc.) Maintain their own final model book, and even individual racetracks can maintain their own rule book, meaning a legal final model in a series or one track may be invalid elsewhere without modification. The national tour series, NASCAR Late Model Sportsman Division, came from the final local racing model on the US east coast. The division is then called "Busch Series", "Nationwide Series", and currently "Xfinity Series" as its title sponsor is changing.
United States
NASCAR
NASCAR is the highest current racing car body in the world. While NASCAR provides several series, it has three series of national championship tours commonly referred to as the "top 3" series. In addition to the top three series, NASCAR also enforces many regional and local series.
Energy NASCAR Cup Series Monsters
The most notable championship in stock car racing is the Nonsense Energy NASCAR Cup Series, better known as the Cup Series. This is the most popular racing series in the United States, attracting over 6 million viewers in 1997, the average audience lives over 190,000 people for every race.
The most notable event in this series is the Daytona 500, the 500 mile (800 km) annual race at Daytona International Speedway. The second largest event of the series is arguably The Brickyard 400, the 400 mile (640 km) annual race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the legendary home of the Indianapolis 500, open wheel races. Together the Xfinity Cup and Series Series attracted 8 million viewers in 1997, compared to 4 million for both American open-wheel series (CART and IRL), which joined in 2008 under the IRL banner. In 2002, 17 of the top 20 US sporting events in terms of presence were race car stocks. Only football attracted more television viewers that year.
NASCAR Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series is the second most prestigious stock car racing form in the United States. It serves as the main feeder series to the Cup Series. The Xfinity series leads racers to the Cup Series such as Formula Two for Formula One, and Indy Lights for Indy Car. The Xfinity Series race is usually held as a support race for the Cup Series event. Many of the previous Cup Series riders previously competed in the Xfinity Series before moving to full-time competition in the Cup Series. In 2018 there are 33 races on schedule.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is the third highest ranking car series in the United States. While this series races the car with the body of a pickup truck, this race car is still considered to be sanctioned by NASCAR and the truck is similar to a commercially available pickup truck.
Other Series
Outside of NASCAR, there are a number of other national or regional car sanctions bodies in the United States. There are several organizations that serve this local short track. The Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA), the American Speed ​​Association (ASA), the Champion Racing Association (CRA), the International Motorcycle Contest Association (IMCA), the Auto United Race Association (UARA), and United Speed ​​â € " Alliance Racing (USAR) all sanctions form their own car-stock racing, on various types of lanes, and with varying levels of media coverage. The International Race of Champions (IROC) series uses stock cars, but is usually considered to be outside the regular racecar arena for its 'All-Star' design.
New Zealand
Stockcar races began in New Zealand during the 1950s, the first race was at Aranui Speedway on November 27, 1954. The car was brought to New Zealand after New Zealand Speedway riders witnessed a large crowd watching the race in England earlier that year. As in England, Stockcar racing in New Zealand is a very different race form from racing in the US. Stockcar Racing is a full contact sport in New Zealand: as stated rule rules, "contacts are not only allowed, recommended". The car is built with a very rigid design and has a strong steel protector around almost all cars. "Stockcars" is divided into three classes: Superstocks, Stockcars, Ministocks (Ministock is primarily a non-contact youth class). Superstocks are upscale and typically powered by a V8 engine of up to 248 cubic inches which can produce more than 500 bhp. The majority of races are individual traits however, unique to New Zealand stockcar racing is a team racing format. Usually, the racing team consists of two teams each consisting of four cars that work together to win the race. Teams usually protect their "runners" while trying to eliminate the opposing team, the race can be decided by the point format or first at the finish line.
The class that most closely resembles stockcar racing in North America is known as Saloon cars. Super Saloons is similar to the final model of dirt with the main difference being the body looks more like a production car, using an iron machine up to 434 cubic inches without rear offset and running a much larger sprintcar tire on the back.
Australia
The NASCAR (AUSCAR) racing car in the NASCAR mold (AUSCAR) had followers in Australia during the mid-late 1980s and into the 1990s, but with the advent of the Supercar Championship, which took most of its competitors, the dollar sponsorship was also offered as a major television time, the Superspeedway Australia series closed after 2001.
The majority of NASCAR and AUSCAR races in Australia take place at 1,801 km (1,119 mi), Calder Park Thunderdome which is at high altitude (24  °) in Melbourne. The Thunderdome, which opened in 1987 and was built by Bob Jane multi-billionaire tire retailer for A $ 54 million, is modeled on a reduced version of the famous Charlotte Motor Speedway. Other tracks used include the Speedway Super Bowl Ã,½ mile (805 meters) at the Adelaide International Raceway (also owned by Jane, this is the only oval track paved in Australia besides Thunderdome, though with only 7Ã, banking at turns it's more than a traditional flat track), as well as road courses like Surfers Paradise Street Circuit (where cars run as category support to Gold Coast IndyCar Grand Prix), Oran Park in Sydney, and the famous Mount Panorama Circuit.
United Kingdom
Stock, in the sense of cars that look similar to conventional street vehicles, is represented in England (and Europe) with touring cars.
The term 'stock car' in the UK refers to a special form of racing that has little resemblance to a road car.
Stock car races were brought to Britain in 1954. Taking place on existing greyhound or speedway trails, the cars were mostly 'stock' cars from the 1930s with rear locked axle differentials and additional armor. After the first few years 'specials' began to emerge finally made the name of the car 'stock' something wrong. Since the early days of stock car racing in the UK, the sport has evolved into many different classes, ranging from the damaging 'Banger' category to the highly sophisticated National Hot Rod. However, the name 'stock car' is usually reserved for a racing class that traces its roots back to these early days in the 1950s, BriSCA F1 Stock Cars, formerly known as "The Artors" or "Senior Stock Cars". Apart from the physical demands of this full-contact sport, many competitors have raced for 20 and even 30 years. During the first 10 years of sport, stock cars were adapted from highway cars, or made a recognizable street car workshop. In the 1970s, the chassis and bodywork had evolved into very special forms.
The Modern BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Cars is a highly sophisticated race car built with a V-8 engine tuned to develop 650 bhp, axle and rapidly changing gearboxes and a bias and braking chassis set to turn left constant. However a large mandatory bumper with contact is strongly recommended to remove the opponent. This sport can be seen in various places throughout the UK and Mainland Europe. The smaller version of BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Cars, the smaller BriSCA Formula 2 Stock Cars, formerly known as "The Juniors" or "Junior Stock Cars", is also very popular. these cars are powered by a 2 liter Ford 'Pinto' engine. There are also many other formulas that run on oval tracks throughout the season that begin around March/Easter and continue through October/November.
In 2008 World Final, held in Ipswich, Andy Smith ran to victory for the 2008 BriSCA F1 Car Championship for the second time in his career, seizing the crown of Stuart Smith's brother Jnr. 2009 also saw Andy Smith win again this time at Kings Lynns Norfolk Arena. 2010 saw Andy Smith win for the third consecutive time in Coventry, the same place as his first victory in 2006. The 2011 World Championships took place in Northampton on September 10 with 2 Paul Harrison winners of the Gold Roof. The 2012 World Championship held at Skegness was won by 217 Lee Fairhurst. The 2013 World Championships will be held at King's Lynn on Saturday, September 21st.
In 2008, Ian Thompson Jr. became the first rider from Northern Ireland to win the Brisca F2 world car title since 1972 when he received an award at Bristol in 2008. However, in controversial circumstances after first crossing the line Gordon Moodie (brother-in-law Thomson Jr) was disqualified from the race after being discovered with irregularities carburetor in post racing scrutineering. This irregularity has proven to be a manufacturing fault with driver control but the governing body has refused to return Gordon Moodie as the winner in the record books. In 2009 the winner of the World Championships was Micky Brennan and in 2010 the winner of the World Championship was John Fortune. The 2011 World Championship final takes place at Kings Lynns Norfolk Arena on Saturday 17 September with 871 Mark Simpson winners from the Golden Roof. In 2012, the World Championship was won again by 968 Micky Brennan this time held in Barford. The 2013 World Championship Championships will be held for 2 days of racing on September 14/15 at Smeatharpe near Honiton in Devon.
Another wheeled wheeled car formula that races in the UK is Spedeworth Superstox. Licensed by Spedeworth, compared to BriSCA, Superstox is similar to the Formula Two Car Exchange with the main visual difference being the smaller wings on the roof. These cars are also powered by a 2 liter Ford 'Pinto' engine. The final of the 2010 World Championships held at Ipswich was won by Colin Aylward. The 2011 World Championship final was held at Wimbledon Londons Stadium on Sunday 23 October and was won by 151 Nick Smith. The 2012 World Championships are again held in Ipswich and won by Scot 177 Stuart Gilchrist. The 2013 World Championships will be held at Lochgelly in Fife, Scotland, with the date tbc.
Another form of British stock car racing is Saloon Stock Cars, regulated by the Saloon Stock Car Association. This formula is based on the Ford Sierra, Ford Mondeo, Vauxhall Vectra, armored armored cars that are deliberately reconstructed for this full contact class. The 2011 World Championships are held at Skegness in August with 677 Eddie Darby winners from the Golden Roundabout for the next 12 months. The 2012 World Championship final was held at Smeatharpe Raceway near Honiton in Devon in August 2012 and once again won by 677 Eddie Darby. Other similar Classes of Car Stock are 2 Liter Stock Cars licensed by Spedeworth and 1300 Stock Cars licensed by several different promoters each with slightly different rules even though the current measures are taken to standardize the specification to make it a national class. The 2012 World Championships were won by 79 Barry Radcliffe in Ipswich. The 2013 World Championships will be held at King's Lynn on Saturday 17th August.
The Stock Car Speed ​​ASCAR or Days of Thunder is the "NASCAR" racing series based in Rockingham, United Kingdom, although the series also competes in Lausitzring in Germany. as well.
Other Areas
Internationally, stock car racing has not enjoyed the same success as in the United States. The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series enjoys cars that are generally robust using sports bases in Canada (short-oval areas in Southern Ontario). Brazil also has a successful stock car racing series, starting with 40 or more cars, and four competing brands: Chevrolet, Mitsubishi, Volkswagen, and Peugeot. Brazilian Stock car also has two development series. Despite its name, Brazilian racing car competition is not held on an oval track, so they resemble more Touring racing cars than the same Stock car racing can be said about the popular Argentine stock series, called Turismo Carretera. Failed attempts have been made in Australia, South Africa, and Japan as well.
Career path
NASCAR stars take various paths to the highest stock car division. Some start racing on the ground but all end up racing on the asphalt surface as they progress in their careers. They often start at karting or in cars that actually stock up except for security modifications. They generally progress through middle or advanced local level divisions. The highest local division, the late asphalt racing model, is generally regarded as a requirement to advance to the next step, regional and national tour series.
Dirt track drivers follow the same common path. Their highest share is the less-known national tour series, such as the World of Outlaws Late Model Series and regional tour series.
Crossover Driver
Some drivers have entered the stock car race after starting a very different career. The most famous may be Mario Andretti, who is the only rider ever to win the Indianapolis 500 (1969), NASCAR Daytona 500 (1967), and Formula One World Championship (1978). Juan Pablo Montoya is the only other driver with victories in all three series, with two Indy 500 (2000 and 2015) victories, seven Formula One wins and two Sprint Cup wins (2007 and 2010). AJ Foyt, with four Indianapolis 500 victories, seven IndyCar championships, and victories in 24 Hours of Le Mans in his resume, also won the Daytona 500 in 1972. Johnny Rutherford, a three-time winner at Indy, has a rare distinction to win his first NASCAR, for the Daytona 500 in 1963. And Gurney, the Formula One racer of the 1960s and then one of Indy's most successful car constructors (as well as being Foyt's co-driver at Le Mans), excelled in the NASCAR road show, won at Riverside five times between 1963 and 1968. The striking crossover crossover is the NASCAR career of one race of colorful Formula One and the sports car driver Innes Ireland: after retiring at the end of the 1966 season, he was invited by NASCAR tsar Bill France to compete in Daytona, where he ran in the top ten when his engine exploded on 126 of the 200 rounds.
Montoya initially shocked the car racing community by leaving F1, but he was quickly followed by other riders. Open-wheel stars like Sam Hornish Jr., Patrick Carpentier, Dario Franchitti, Jacques Villeneuve, A. J. Allmendinger and Danica Patrick all moved to the Monster Energy Cup series, with varying degrees of success. Two-time Australian Supercars champion Marcos Ambrose competed in the Monster Energy Cup Series from 2007 to 2014, winning two races.
Other drivers often compete in stock car racing but are renowned for their success elsewhere. Ron Fellows and Boris Said are street riders champions and are often carried by teams solely to compete in NASCAR road course events, a title known as street ringing. Robby Gordon is one of the few remaining NASCAR owners, but he is most famous for his many off-road championships and his three wins in Baja 1000.
Tracks
The race car race takes place mainly on an oval track of 3 or 4 rounds, with all turns to the left. Oval tracks are classified as short tracks (less than 1 mi), medium or speedway (1 to 2 miles) or superspeedway (more than 2 miles). The road course is a track that has left and right turns. Depending on the track, the speed of the race can vary from 90 miles per hour (140 km/h) in Martinsville to over 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) in Talladega. In 1987 Bill Elliott's 212,809 mph (342,483 km/h) qualifying time at Talladega brought changes in superspeedways (Daytona and Talladega). Such high speed and Bobby Allison's car will be airing into the fence and injuring the fans forcing NASCAR to implement power-reduction measures, one of which is the mandatory mandatory mandatory mandatory carburetor implementation. This was later known as racing plate divider.
The oval circuit differs from rough terrain and sharp turns from the Rally, as well as the elaborate twists and turns of the Formula One tracks that give up to 5 or 6 horizontal pressures on the driver's body. The stock cars are much heavier than the Formula One cars, and consequently they are generally slower. In addition, they can not produce g-forces from an open wheel car. Weak handling of a stock car with high power output emphasizes more on car control.
Tactics
Unlike most forms of racing, small car-to-car contacts are generally accepted in stock car racing. This can happen in the form of forcing another vehicle out of the way, or pushing a competitor's vehicle forward for mutual benefit. Stock cars are generally built to be tolerant of superficial damage to the bodywork, while the open wheel design can experience severe problems even with minimal spoiler damage.
See also
References
External links
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