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Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER
Why keep the engines even?
Manufacturers go racing to do two things, promote the brand and develop new technology. Since the cars are just sticker kit facsimiles of the original, that leaves option #2 which NASCAR has eliminated through their rule book.
Even with the carbs, NASCAR goes back and takes away any gains the manufacturers make because they don't think progress is fair. All they do is make the teams spend even more money on R&D to make tiny gains that only last the week or two until the sanctioning body figures it out.
It is a waste of time, that is why the big three are reducing their funding andthe last few years and may soon start finding their way out of "stock" car racing all together.
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We are not that far away from NASACR going the route of the IROC Firebirds. They will have 43 IDENTICAL cars built and a week before every race, all the teams will pick a number out of a jar. Stick on a paint job and your stickers and go racing. ANY difference in the way a car makes it to the finish line will be up to the driver. SOUND stupid, it's not that far off now with all the B.S. rules that have in place now. Earnhardt must be turning over in his grave
. No wonder attendance is down, just look at what happened to the greatest race in the whole series(BRISTOL @ NIGHT). Now with the C.O.T. it has become as interesting as watching GRASS grow. I would love to see the original style Trans Am series come back. Keep the cars almost 100% stock and let the teams come up with their own ways of improving downforce and horsepower. It will filter into the production a hell of a lot faster than letting the companies do it on their own. Just look at what wars did for jet airplanes and vehicles. They NEVER would have developed that fast in peacetime.
