Comments on: NASCAR Busch 34sec slower than F1

By: Dan M

Dan M — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:19:00 +0000

Please do not make such statements with nothing to back them. More uneducated statements just prove your overall ignorance of motor racing.

Ignorance is Bliss, right?

By: sam

sam — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:53:50 +0000

Nascar is “more about the skill of the drivers”?? Ha! What skills do you need on an oval? Other than to steer away from crashes and hold your foot down on the gas?

By: Dan M

Dan M — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:59:00 +0000

The idea behind NASCAR is completely different than F1. NASCAR’s rules are meant to make it possible for anyone to be able to compete on an equal playing field thus making for close racing. Its more about the skill of the drivers and pit crew than how much technology can be crammed into the cars. It doesn’t try to be F1 and thats fine. Its certainly not my favorite series but that is an unfair comparison. I agree with you that pushrod technology is dead, but running carbs allows for the pitcrews to become more involved.

Would you not watch a vintage F1 race because the technology is inferior to todays?

By: Keen

Keen — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:41:16 +0000

The differences in performance between an F1 car and a Busch/Nascar is the very reason I heavily favor F1 over Busch/Nascar. BTW, a Busch/Nascar doesn’t “need” to be as heavy as they are (approx. 3400Lbs), nor do they need to run outdated “technology” (i.e. carbs, pushrods, etc).

By: Dan M

Dan M — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:18:43 +0000

Closer then I would have thought actually. Considering anyone with a few bucks and some time can buy into the Busch series, the specifications of the cars are extremely governed, and these guys are used to racing on ovals, thats pretty damn close!

Heres an experiment: See if the budget of Labonte’s Busch team is within 41% of McLaren’s development budget. Not to mention that Terry is about 400 years old now, lets see Jackie Stewards time around this course in Hammy’s car and see if it compares….

Lastly, Montoya made a comment after racing the first Busch road race this season, I’m going to paraphrase because I don’t remember the exact wording: “In a Busch car I would start to brake around the 300ft mark, in an F1 car I wouldn’t even think about braking until the 80ft mark [on that corner].”

By: milos

milos — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:08:24 +0000

Just for comparison:

in Sepang in Malaysia they have no NASCAR race, but on F1 weekend the Porsche Super Cup race is on. This year the difference between fastest lap in F1 race and fastest lap in Porsche Cup race was 36 seconds a lap (1:36.701 vs 2:12.131). Lap in Sepang is about 1.2 km longer than lap in Montreal (5.543 vs 4.361).

By: Number 38

Number 38 — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:36:14 +0000

This is an assine comparison ….. the Busch cars WEIGH DOUBLE
what an F1 car weighs and displace about three times as much AIR and the driver DRIVES them without aids such as traction control and engine mapping or power steering!

By: sam

sam — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:34:35 +0000

and then you factor in the average NASCAR driver doesn’t know how to drive.. well, that makes the car even slower.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:21:07 +0000

The difference between the times (i.e. 34sec) divided by the lesser of the two times. In this case (109s-75s)/75s.

By: Simon Stiel

Simon Stiel — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:38:40 +0000

Forgive me, but how is percentage worked out?

Thank you for your help. Sorry I bother you with these questions.