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If you go back to their roots, they weren't racing sports cars, but regular sedans and coupes. In this day and age, that means they'd be racing around in a bunc
by olyjohn 3y ago
If you go back to their roots, they weren't racing sports cars, but regular sedans and coupes. In this day and age, that means they'd be racing around in a bunch of crossovers with CVTs. Oh an no safety equipment like roll cages, harnesses, fire suppression, etc. Racing a stock Mustang or Camaro or Supra isn't really NASCAR roots either. I think they miss the spirit of what a stock car is. Unless we start building regular coupes and sedans again, I don't think we can go back.
Here's an interesting timeline of NASCAR stock cars. Pretty much the latest gen cars are the only ones that buck the trend.
https://www.nascar.com/gallery/the-evolution-of-nascar-sprint-cup-cars/ https://www.nascar.com/gallery/the-evolution-of-nascar-sprin...
However, If you want some racing with actual stock-ish cars, you should check out the SCCA runoffs on YouTube. There are classes for just about everything you can think of, and the coverage is actually pretty good!
- aidenn0 3y agoJust looking at that list the early-50s Hornet was pretty muscle-y as far as cars go with its 5.0L straight-six, though it was also a legitimate luxury sedan. Maybe closer a Taycan or something for a modern day equivalent? Though that's in a different price-class than the Hornet was. Is there a tuned luxury car for under $60k today?