NASCAR Mustang

[kooldawg6]

You have to get pretty low on the NASCAR food chain to see cars that resemble "stock" cars and even then, those cars are 20 years old! They have turned into the cars they have now due to all the safety concerns with that many cars racing together at those speeds at those tracks. Plus there is a ton of money pumped in and they want the teams to be as close as they can to not totally loose their fan base. Do I think they rules are fair??? No, but it is what it is...take it or leave it.

As a fan, you really cant tell the difference between 170 and 200 anyway.

WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?! I've seen the Cup Series run at larger tracks such as Rockingham (1.017 miles @ 158.035 MPH), Charlotte (1.5 miles @ 186.034 MPH) and Dover (1 mile @ 161.522 MPH) and can easily tell they're running faster than the smaller tracks I've been to, such as Martinsville (.526 miles @ 95.371), Richmond (.75 miles @ 127.131 MPH) and Bristol (.533 miles @ 128.709 MPH).
I've seen both the Cup Series and IRL race at Richmond. The IRL cars are easy to see they are faster than the Cup cars! The most recent Cup Series qualifying speed is 127.131 MPH and the most recent IRL qualifying speed is 167.315! At that rate, the Cup car will be lapped every five laps

 

[kooldawg6]

okay, so I am going to get flamed for saying it, but I agree with GM on this one.

Why you reportedly won't be seeing Chevy's Camaro doing the NASCAR roundy-round — Autoblog

Hmm, wonder if that means no Camaro in NHRA Funny Car as they also drastically altar the body...
On a side note: I'm sure there are a lot of Camaro NASCAR fans that would pay money to see it on the track!

 

[oh9mustang]

Just because GM has pulled out of Nascar except for the sprint cup series, don't mean GM cars/trucks wont be racing in all the series, They just wont get GM sponsorship.
Camaro has to build a nascar car and submitt it to nascar for appoval, once aproved the camaro has to conform to nascars templates.

 

[Slowbra1]

ct07gt
I just don't know were to begin.
1st ford nascar engine is a 351 cleveland engine, Ford has not made a pushrod engine for a long time. All Nascar engines are overhead valve engines that is unless you meant overhead Cam engine, then no. Even DOHC engines are OHV engines.
In order for a nationwide qualifying time to be 195 MPH they have to be going faster in the straightaway (Daytona) or 191 at Atlanta.
No one has a NASCAR rule book so what you say makes no sense also.
Sense 1991 ford has run a 351 Cleveland with some different head intake variations until 2009 when they FINALLY got to run a new engine the FR9' This engine uses none of the 351 parts or specs.
GM on the other hand has run up until 1998 the SB2 , and in 1998 GM made a R99, R03, and R05 all of which NASCAR disapproved. Then Nascar allowed the R07. The R07 was the first clean-sheet engine design by GM Racing for NASCAR competition. So in 1998 GM had a complete race engine and Ford had the 351 Cleveland with different heads and intake. 2009 is the first year Ford has a complete race engine. Ford has always got the short end of the stick when it comes to nascar rules, unless you think the rules are the same for everyone, then I say Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha.

Well actually you would be wrong about the SB2 Chevy ran it until 2007 it is exactly like an original production small block chevy no raised cam, pan rail is 8.5 inches all dimensions are identical with exception of the lifter bores they are lined up for the SB2.2 head.

Dodge and Toyota had a real advantage over Chevy and Ford until recently.

The R07 and the FR9 are real screamers.

 

[ct07gt]

Responding to a banned member on a two year old thread is not really a good start on a forum.