Would you mind explaining how they were like lotus? I've been into f1 for 25/30yr*. Since covid I've started to get into NASCAR/indy. Having comparisons helps! *watched races back to early 70s but watched religiously live since early 90s
Love to hear people speak positively of NASCAR. It gets a lot of flack due to its southern routes, but the racing is good (for the most part) and the cars sounds so beautiful.
@@nanderlizernanderlizer684 reason the cars don't look as great is cause they are shells of production cars such as Mustangs, Cameros, Accords and such
Let me preface this by saying that while I used to follow NASCAR closely, I'm not a huge fan at the moment. That said, to listen to Anthony, to hear his enthusiasm and excitement at the opportunity to drive a NASCAR stock car and his clear enjoyment of that experience ... frankly anyone who wants to knock NASCAR - or any other form of automobile racing - likely just doesn't get it. Different strokes for different blokes, people. Cheers, Anthony!
Troubleshooter125 nascar the way it is, racing mostly on ovals sucks big time as a motorsport. its more as a gamble to end up a winner. but if we get those cars to race on real circuits... then we talking some great racing ! throw in handfull of great ovals but no more than 5, watching those 800+hp heavy monsters will be a spectacular !
NASCAR is about speed. NASCAR doesn't have that many road courses because they want the cars to go as fast as they can making the racing 10x as a road course race.
No, it doesn't suck as a big time motorsport to run ovals. The best & closest finishes you see come on ovals, beating & banging to the line for wins. Sure SOME road course finishes lately have been action packed, but ovals put on a show a lot more than the road courses. The history of NASCAR started on dirt ovals, trying to see which car was faster. That's how it is today. No fancy computers running the cars like F1, more passing than F1 by far as well with their overpriced go carts. You have to man handle these 900hp+ beasts with authority lap after lap. Thus why when Lewis Hamilton drove a cup car, he said he'd much rather do that then F1 from how fun it was to drive such a heavy car at that speed. the lack of grip, the insane horsepower, no computer aids. People love NASCAR as its stuck to it's roots of good ol boys racing their way to the top. Not rich families paying millions upon millions to have their kid in a F1 car. Every where across the US you can go to local short tracks Saturday nights and watch live, hard white knuckle door to door beating and banging. That's what people love.
DiamondAviation if it's all about speed, why it isn't as fast as F1, Indycar, LMP or counles more race cars ? Not much effort put into your comment. And they can make the cars 10x what exactly ... ??? I don't think your comment is quite complete.
What makes a F1 fast is the Aerodynamics. They have to make a F1 car look like a deformed pencil. Plus a the top speed of a F1 car (2015) is 233mph the top speed of a nascar is 228mph so not to far from a F1.
The closest I ever got was the Richard Petty Racing Experience. Not quite there in horse power (I think only about 650), but I can understand his enthusiasm and excitement. Just the sound those engines make. After 8 laps around Vegas track, I couldn't sit down for about an hour. Direct adrenaline injection.
Erich Nunya I know what you mean. I drove around Talladega in a stock car at 170mph. Nothing compares to the g forces and speed. I would do it again in a heartbeat.
Did something similar last year for my 40th. Did the Rusty Wallace experience, 8 laps around Dover speedway. It was a load of fun, but just when I was getting the feel of it, it was over
I'd bet if someone were able to get Junior to speak his mind he would agree NASCAR should have "stopped the clock" around 2000 when the cars were able to be told apart from one another and used actual manufacturer engines.
@@Rammstein45 Yup, they're like 3200 pounds, going roughly 190mph at any given time, in air so turbulent that it'd probably unsettle the biggest of airliners, with not so good aero, and usually running 6 inches away from someone else going through the exact same thing.
Motorsports are a universal language. They may mock the massive C.I. American V8 love in Europe but look at how they light up when they hear and feel the raw power. Sure its hard to keep them straight in the corners but by god they'll set you back in your seat real quick.
Are the Aussie V8S Going to have a run over there? I know they r pretty low on horse power and have become almost mundane in the modern era compared to prehaps Nascar but they would certainly hold there own.Just need the invitation i guess.Great to watch them in a pack more than by themselves.
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NASCAR isn't known for high tech or even modern tech, but it still makes decent lap times almost entirely on horsepower. Must be a pretty fun car to drive.
Reid's point about the track getting faster with rubber is a key strategy that winning NASCAR teams exploit. Cars set-up to run the fastest qualifying laps aren't the same cars that win at the end of the race when track conditions change.
It would be nice to see some other stock car classes run at goodwood. We've got even nastier race cars over here across the pond than a "cup" car. My local asphalt track has a super stock class that would be competitive with these cup cars on a half-mile, but would probably eat them on a shorter one.
Very interesting video. Interesting to hear him say that he thinks an LMP1 car would lap Le Mans faster than an F1. I've always wondered that, it would be fascinating if somebody gave it a go.
Pilkie101 interesting theory, prototypes are the fastest they've ever been but i'd place my bets on an f1 car being faster. 200kg lighter, greater downforce and the benifit of DRS probably bests the prototypes theoretical higher speed, especially since the chicanes were installed
I thought Anthony Reid was juggling balls at a circus after the 2004 BTCC lol (just came from watching the video of Reid punting James Thompson out the way in a BTCC race from 2004). Reid is a dirty driver and never admits to it just from what i've seen in the vids i've watched of him...maybe he's more chilled out now though.
These are really interesting cars, but they're limited by the tracks they're told to race in. It's interesting sometimes to see how much speed and power they can get out of old technology.
A little while ago a retired Dodge Stratus cup car set a record at the Bonneville salt flats of a touch over 270mph, the only changes being a taller rear axle ratio and having no restrictor plate on the engine.
Cup cars are relatively slow on road courses, even other classes of American race cars can go faster, but on big ovals where they race most often, the limit is the restrictor plates, or else they'd be pushing 240 mph on the straights. F1 or Indy cars can run faster on ovals, but seriously, no one is lining up to try, because it's virtual instant death when a crash happens. The record pace at Daytona was set back in the 1970's, and there's no list of daredevils trying to break it.
I LOVE his enthusiasm but Michael Waltrip Racing wasn't even in the same universe to NASCAR like Ferrari is to F1. They don't even exist anymore. That's like saying the Chevy Cavalier is as important to Chevy as the Model T is to Ford
sik59rt Why do you say that, in NASCAR circles they certainly are. But I suppose you are a Ferrari fan unlike me who looks at their F1 budget and marvels at how off the pace they are at the moment.
+HyperLeafBlower I could get into NASCAR if they went to half super speedway/half road course... and if they stopped praying before the races. I often watch old clips of NASCAR races at Riverside from the '60s and they're ridiculously awesome.... no hope of the cars ever being that close to production again, I'm sure :(
I don't believe in the god they're praying to, or any god, so it just seems moronic to me... but beyond that it also seems like a poor business decision when you consider how many people in the world aren't Christians. The prayer just reinforces all the negative stereotypes non-NASCAR fans have about NASCAR. Picture yourself watching a NASCAR race on TV and before it starts, all the drivers bow down towards Mecca and pray to Allah. You would think that's pretty stupid, I imagine... which is exactly how the rest of us feel :p
Erik2Ammo Would be so good to see a battle between an LMP1 and an F1, but the pussies in charge of teams don't make it happen so a few pilots must take initiative and do it. They have the money, the cars, and the tracks available. Circuit of America, or SPA, something big anyway. Well a V8 then or a 2006 or earlier.
2008 F1 cars had V8 engines. LMP1 are faster from 0-100 and maybe also from 0-200, but they are slower at 0-300 and 0-300+. F1 cars generally corner much faster, there is a comparison video of their speeds at the Eau Rouge of Spa.
Terry Labont? "Im racing against Mike Skinner and hes the same age as me" Yeah Anthony, he hasnt raced in 5+ years. MWR is like the Ferrari on Nascar? Please dont ever speak on camera again about this sport.
