Tuesday, March 03, 2020

nascar has decided to switch to a new rim that doesn't take lug nuts, just a center fastener.


There's no point in me writing about it, I'm not into nascar and the writer at ESPN.com already did a fantastic article on it.

https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/28824606/changing-tires-big-shifts-nascar-2021  pointing out that this will have a lot of side effects... even lug nut mascots will have to come to terms with this change, because a mascot based on a piece of hardware that no longer is in the sport? Doesn't make much sense.

Read that for a good piece of writing though... it's worth it. 

3 comments:

  1. Stock car racing AIN'T stock car racing anymore. It's all hype and $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ !

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    1. That's why I pay so little attention to it. When they all drive the same car, and it's a race car, not a showroom dealership car... it's IROC, not stock car racing. Boring unless there's a crash

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  2. the current nascar is boring, a local dirt track race is way more fun to watch.

    I also enjoy watching the old nascar races, from , say, before 1985, when the car bodies actually resembled the street version. thats why General Motors made the Monte Carlo Supersport. they wanted to use a more aerodynamic front end on the nascar monte carlo, and the rules required GM to make and sell at least 500 vehicles if they wanted to use it in races.

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