Why doesn't NASCAR race in the rain?
Bo Moindies
NASCARWife
>What is the problem with putting on rain tires and wipers and going out
>there?
>
>
Only can be done on road courses. The oval would not be competitive or safe.
GSXRChad
Motorcycles race in rain
Indy cars rce in rain
f1 cars race in rain
Prima Donna NASCAR doesn't
Thay have to pretty soon, fans are getting pissed planning vacations
to see the race get postponed to the day they fly back home....
Nascar has a responsibility to the fans on this topic.
Also NASCAR has a respondibility to the networks. Re-playing last
years race is not a way to get good ratings. Like a pathetic ESPC
Classics.....
my $.02
Karl Heck
> Motorcycles race in rain
> Indy cars rce in rain
> f1 cars race in rain
>
I am not a NASCAR (far preferring CART), but CART and F1 only race in the
rain on road courses, not ovals. In F1, there are no ovals, but in CART
there are, and they don't race in the rain there.
For example, this year;s Indy 500 (an IRL race) was delayed 3 1/2 hours by
rain. Same with Motegi, a CART oval. Even the Cleveland CART road course
(a circuit with sharp turns) was red-flagged last year.
bluemax1
probably handle wet weather road racing.
GSXRChad wrote:
> ??
> Motorcycles race in rain
> Indy cars rce in rain
> f1 cars race in rain
>
renoldjons...@hotmail.com.invalid
>??
>Motorcycles race in rain
>Indy cars rce in rain
>f1 cars race in rain
>
>Prima Donna NASCAR doesn't
>Thay have to pretty soon, fans are getting pissed planning
vacations
>to see the race get postponed to the day they fly back home....
Before today when was the last time that a race was postponed to
the next day because of weather?
Ren
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>On 19 Jun 2000 11:18:25 GMT, nasca...@aol.com (NASCARWife)
wrote:
>
>>>
>>>What is the problem with putting on rain tires and wipers and
going out
>>>there?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Only can be done on road courses. The oval would not be
competitive or safe.
>
>
>
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> ??
> Motorcycles race in rain
Apparently they don't at the second-largest motorcycle event in the
country.
The Loudon Classic was postponed to Monday morning this week.
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Mopar57106
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> What is the problem with putting on rain tires and wipers and going out
there?
Which racing series are you comparing NASCAR to? I'm just curious as to
which form of racing runs ovals in the rain.
NHRA doesn't even run in the rain, and they don't have to turn the car...
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Glenn Pechacek
far from home.
Once at Martinsville they called the race before I had made it into the
parking lots, so only a u-turn was required and it was not downpouring rain.
Nascar should call the races earlier if possible. Yesterday it was 3:30PM,
they probably knew at 10:00 am that the chance of running the race was slim
if none.
Glenn
GSXRChad <gsxr...@satx.rr.com> wrote in message
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> ??
> Motorcycles race in rain
> Indy cars rce in rain
> f1 cars race in rain
>
> Prima Donna NASCAR doesn't
> Thay have to pretty soon, fans are getting pissed planning vacations
> to see the race get postponed to the day they fly back home....
> Nascar has a responsibility to the fans on this topic.
>
> Also NASCAR has a respondibility to the networks. Re-playing last
> years race is not a way to get good ratings. Like a pathetic ESPC
> Classics.....
>
> my $.02
>
>
> On 19 Jun 2000 11:18:25 GMT, nasca...@aol.com (NASCARWife) wrote:
>
> >>
> >>What is the problem with putting on rain tires and wipers and going out
> >>there?
> >>
> >>
> >
-v-
there?
>
would rather come back the next day than sit in the rain for four hours
watching a slow parade of cars around a dismal gray wet track all afternoon.
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renoldjons...@hotmail.com.invalid
<renoldjons...@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote:
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>Before today when was the last time that a race was postponed to
>the next day because of weather?
>
>Ren
>
Man, my memory is shot.
From NOL
The early summer Pocono NASCAR Winston Cup race was last re-
scheduled by rain in 1979. Cale Yarborough won the Coca-Cola 500
by defeating Richard Petty on the Monday following the original
race date.
The last postponement of a NASCAR Winston Cup race to Monday was
at Lowe's Motor Speedway last October.
rEN
Andy Smith
go 200 mph on an oval on wet tires with windshield wipers? No
series races rain tires on ovals. NONE OF THEM! NASCAR would
have to be ten times as idiotic as they already are sometimes
to race on ovals in the rain. Why is that so hard for people
to understand?!?
LOL
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Andy
In article <394e0f18...@news-server.satx.rr.com>, gsxr...@satx.rr.com
(GSXRChad) wrote:
> ??
> Motorcycles race in rain Indy cars rce in rain f1 cars race in rain
>
> Prima Donna NASCAR doesn't Thay have to pretty soon, fans are getting pissed
> planning vacations to see the race get postponed to the day they fly back
> home.... Nascar has a responsibility to the fans on this topic.
>
> Also NASCAR has a respondibility to the networks. Re-playing last years race
> is not a way to get good ratings. Like a pathetic ESPC Classics.....
>
> my $.02
>
>
> On 19 Jun 2000 11:18:25 GMT, nasca...@aol.com (NASCARWife) wrote:
>
>>>
>>>What is the problem with putting on rain tires and wipers and going out
>>>there?
>>>
>>>
>>
BOBKAT7R
-v-
"BOBKAT7R" <bobk...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> NASCAR will run the road courses in the rain, right?
>
BOBKAT7R
>>
>Why should they, its not F1.
Damn right it's not. I didn't say they should or shouldn't, I'm wondering if
they will - what do the rules say?
Andy Smith
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Andy
In article <dMq35.1142$5Ld1.3...@news.randori.com>, "mike2498"
<mike...@buckeyeinternet.com> wrote:
> No you cant go 200 mph in the rain but you can still race! I think the theory
> would be the same go as fast as you can with out wrecking and cross the finish
> line first! You may slow down a little but racing is racing!!!!!!!!!
>
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Andy
In article <20000619114449...@ng-fl1.aol.com>, bobk...@aol.com
SteveRdRcr
>
> ??
> Motorcycles race in rain
> f1 cars race in rain
>
> Prima Donna NASCAR doesn't
IDIOT!!!!!!
Lloyd R. Parker
: >
: >What is the problem with putting on rain tires and wipers and going out
: >there?
: >
: >
:
: Only can be done on road courses. The oval would not be competitive or safe.
They pave parking lots now with porous material that lets water go
through. Wonder if they could do this to ovals?
Patti
on monday they postponed until mother's day weekend. that is the last time
i remember.
renold...@hotmail.com <renoldjons...@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote in
message news:162b9574...@usw-ex0104-026.remarq.com...
> gsxr...@satx.rr.com (GSXRChad) wrote:
> >??
> >Motorcycles race in rain
> >Indy cars rce in rain
> >f1 cars race in rain
> >
> >Prima Donna NASCAR doesn't
> >Thay have to pretty soon, fans are getting pissed planning
> vacations
> >to see the race get postponed to the day they fly back home....
>
> Before today when was the last time that a race was postponed to
> the next day because of weather?
>
> Ren
>
> <snip>
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>
>
> >
> >On 19 Jun 2000 11:18:25 GMT, nasca...@aol.com (NASCARWife)
> wrote:
> >
> >>>
> >>>What is the problem with putting on rain tires and wipers and
> going out
> >>>there?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>Only can be done on road courses. The oval would not be
> competitive or safe.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
james
Lloyd R. Parker <lpa...@emory.edu> wrote in message
news:8ilqbs$d0u$1...@jet.cc.emory.edu...
> NASCARWife (nasca...@aol.com) wrote:
> : >
> : >What is the problem with putting on rain tires and wipers and going out
> : >there?
> : >
> : >
> :
> : Only can be done on road courses. The oval would not be competitive or
safe.
>
> through. Wonder if they could do this to ovals?
Even if it ever happened, the pavement would still be wet, maybe not coated
with water, bet wet none the less. With the way cars are setup to run
constantly turning left, with the stagger, weight distribution, etc. there
is no way that they could ever race in the rain on an oval. The car would
want to spin out even at low speeds.
Steve Manes
>Apparently they don't at the second-largest motorcycle event in the
>country.
In heavy rains, no. You'd have to be a salmon to scale Turn 4. But
they raced on a wet track in '98. 'Course, it pretty much ended the
season, if not the careers, for Duhamel, Wilson and Metzger too. US
Superbike, World Superbike, FIA, 600SS, Formula Xtreme... all race in
the wet (within reason).
I dunno if I'd rate Loudon that high on the event calendar. Laguna
Seca, Road America, Road Atlanta, Mid-Ohio... they're all pretty much
second fiddle to the Arai 200, even though Daytona isn't that terrific
a roadrace track.
Steve Manes
<ac3s...@NOSPAMrcn.com> wrote:
>How STUPID do you have to be to not understand that you can't
>go 200 mph on an oval on wet tires with windshield wipers? No
>series races rain tires on ovals. NONE OF THEM!
The 24-Hour Rolex race does Daytona in the rain. And the dark, some in
open cockpit cars. They finished in the rain last year and practiced
in the rain this year. See
http://209.86.230.9/corvette/daytona99/finish.jpg
Granted, it's the road course but it incorporates everything but
NASCAR Turn 1. They won't do 200mph of course, but they're certainly
capable of it.
Robert D. Baker
BOBKAT7R wrote in message <20000619114449...@ng-fl1.aol.com>...
>>> NASCAR will run the road courses in the rain, right?
>>>
>>Why should they, its not F1.
>
>Damn right it's not. I didn't say they should or shouldn't, I'm wondering
if
>they will - what do the rules say?
Dunno what the _rules_ say, but Goodyear has a NASCAR rain tire, the
cars are set up to accept windshield wipers and tail marker lights,
and....where have you guys been? ;) This is old news; there just hasn't
been rain at a road course yet. It's gonna be wild when it happens, though.
Watkins Glen would be the best first rain race, I think....
tt
Robert
aussie...@my-deja.com
ran in the rain in 1993 and 1995..with GOODYEAR tires.US NASCAR will
probably not run in the rain because of financial reasons..the so called
technical reasons did not exist.how many fans would want to stay around
for several hours watching a race?.I think NASCAR thinks the same.
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"Andy Smith" <ac3s...@NOSPAMrcn.com> wrote:
> Yes, they will. Just like every other series...
>
> -
> Andy
>
> >
> > Damn right it's not. I didn't say they should or shouldn't, I'm
wondering if
> > they will - what do the rules say?
>
raced in the rain with Winston West spec cars running GOODYEARS.
It is not a technical thing to run a NASCAR on a roadcourse,it is
impossible on an oval.
NASCAR's reluctance is financial.how many fans want to watch a race
in poring rain for several hours?
Lloyd R. Parker
: On Mon, 19 Jun 2000 11:07:38 -0500, "Andy Smith"
The F1 race at Indy will use some of the oval too, and will race even if
it rains.
Lloyd R. Parker
: In article <20000619112718...@ng-fl1.aol.com>,: >
: This has come up several times.Aussie NASCAR when it was still a series
: ran in the rain in 1993 and 1995..with GOODYEAR tires.US NASCAR will
: probably not run in the rain because of financial reasons..the so called
: technical reasons did not exist.how many fans would want to stay around
: for several hours watching a race?.I think NASCAR thinks the same.
But the bigger audience, and bigger revenue, BY FAR, is from television,
which does not want a race on a Monday out of prime time.
james
> :
>
> The F1 race at Indy will use some of the oval too, and will race even if
Can you see how using SOME of the oval and the WHOLE oval are different?
Lloyd R. Parker
:
: Lloyd R. Parker <lpa...@emory.edu> wrote in message
:
Why? You can't slip or spin on just part of the oval?
Brian P. Sweeney
Parker) wrote:
You sure can, and there's no runoff in Indy T2 or T1. Many of the F1
drivers are worried about this, as their cars are not means to withstand
contact with walls.
Willo
>>
Half of speed is momentium.
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