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What's new in NASCAR these days?
by zachrose 13y ago
What's new in NASCAR these days?
- ericcumbee 13y agoThey finally have Fuel Injection.
- bliti 13y agoIn which specific area?
- zachrose 13y agoAre there any trends in efficiency regulations that compare to Formula 1?
- bliti 13y agoYes, the engines are always being pushed towards higher efficiency. They do lack any sort of innovation when compared to the KERS system, though. But the NASCAR Cup car V8 is just an amazing piece of machinery. It operates at 7K RPM and above for extended periods of time, and until 2013, had to use a carburetor. Which is mind blowing, given the amount of issues that such fuel system would bring into such scenario.
- ericcumbee 13y agoNot in the racing itself. However nascar has been pushing to modernize it's race tracks with things like Solar Panels.
- ams6110 13y agoWhile I don't follow either NASCAR or F1 it's my impression that NASCAR has much less focus on technology development. They strive to keep all the cars technically identical, so that races are close and are won or lost almost entirely on the basis of driver and crew skills. F1 I think is much more about who can innovate technically within some parameter limits (of course in addition to having skilled drivers/crew).
- bliti 13y agoThey do focus on technology, but the rules are strict, and hardly ever change a lot. The basic ideas behind the Cup series has not changed much in a long time. But the implementations are quite amazing. Just look at the engines themselves. Or the safety improvements they have developed over the years. Plus, NASCAR is about being good at cheating and being great at not being caught.
- kunai 13y agoUnleaded fuel.