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On 11/20/2014 1:13 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:53:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 11/19/2014 8:06 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 14:46:05 -0500, KC wrote:

NASCAR has virtually nothing to do with real cars. They use a custom
body with a shape "inspired" by a production car but there is nothing
but the logo that is actually common between them.
These things are built more like airplanes than cars

That's why they don't call 'em 'stock cars' anymore...

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Interesting point. When did they stop calling it stock car racing?

I think the original era of true stock car racing ended in the early
70's. That's when all kinds of rules, regulations, and restrictions
began to become imposed.

I liked it in it's original days. A 390 ci or 427 ci Ford Galaxie was
pretty much what you could buy at the dealership. Same with the 426
hemi "elephant" used in the Plymouths and the 421 ci Pontiac designed
specifically for the stock car racing circuit.

No interest in today's NASCAR racing. It's all about the drivers now,
not the cars.

Well, maybe except for Danica Patrick. :-)

NASCAR racing got it's start from the moonshine runners of the 30's.

Danica probably got more women watching than anything since the racy
Jeff Gordon posters.
Actually the only person I know with a full height Gordon poster is a
gay guy in the neighborhood ... but I am not judging ;-)

My wife will still watch a NASCAR race if Danica is running.
We record it and blast through most of it tho.

Back in the 60s, my 327 325HP slid under a class line that made me
very competitive. With a 456 rear end I was running with just about
anything but a 440 Dodge and some of the 426 Hemis. They were still
not in my class. If they had tall gears, they couldn't catch me in a
quarter. About 105-108 I ran out of RPMs and the valves started to
float.
Next time I went with 308 in my Corvette on a special order and it
would do a solid 145 with a stopwatch in measured miles. The speedo
was 160+. I was also getting 25 MPG or more if I could keep my foot
put of it. That didn't happen much tho.
They really didn't have a speed limit on the beltway in those days, at
least not at night.

The old muscle cars from the 60's really make you realize how refined
cars are today, both in their engines and in their suspension/handling
systems. That said though, there's still something really cool about
the relatively low RPM, high torque engines of the muscle car era.

The '69 Charger I had originally had a tired 383 ci. It needed a valve
job and rings and most of the time only ran on 6 or 7 cylinders. I took
it to a speed shop garage who's owner was into racing and they replaced
it with a rebuilt 440 ci that had a mild cam in it along with other
performance items including electronic ignition. They also rebuilt the
transmission and installed a "shift kit" whatever that is. Turned that
car into a beast as long you were going in a straight line.

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