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> It kinda lost it's soul now with all the FIA safety regulation.
Everything
> is much more flattened then before.
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Firstly, CASCAR and NASCAR have little (if anything) in common. (Sorry but
this particular comparison REALLY irritates me...)
If you MUST make a comparison, CASCAR is more like a 'de-tuned' version of
ASA than anything else. CASCAR cars have a maximum horsepower of ~420hp as
compared to 720+hp for WC cars in race trim. They are allowed to run either
a wet sump or dry sump system. They have a shorter wheelbase and use
fiberglass bodies and "stock" suspension pieces, not custom fabricated
pieces.
CASCAR stock cars must weigh 2800 lbs excluding the driver instead of the
3400lbs of a WC car.
For more info spend $20 (Cdn) and buy a CASCAR rule book (www.cascar.com)
then make all the comparisons you want!
ARCA is to Winston Cup what CASCAR is to ASA...
Hope this helps dispel some of the myths...
Cheers,
Mike
It was just a generalization between the two. No sense going into exact
numbers, sorry if that bothered you.
There is a lot in common between the two though, they are both tubed race
cars and you can see them racing each other in the Canadian GT Challenge
Cup. :)
no sense getting your panties in a knot.
> Firstly, CASCAR and NASCAR have little (if anything) in common. (Sorry
but
> this particular comparison REALLY irritates me...)
> If you MUST make a comparison, CASCAR is more like a 'de-tuned' version of
> ASA than anything else. CASCAR cars have a maximum horsepower of ~420hp
as
> compared to 720+hp for WC cars in race trim. They are allowed to run
either
> a wet sump or dry sump system. They have a shorter wheelbase and use
> fiberglass bodies and "stock" suspension pieces, not custom fabricated
> pieces.
> CASCAR stock cars must weigh 2800 lbs excluding the driver instead of the
> 3400lbs of a WC car.
> For more info spend $20 (Cdn) and buy a CASCAR rule book (www.cascar.com)
> then make all the comparisons you want!
> ARCA is to Winston Cup what CASCAR is to ASA...
> Hope this helps dispel some of the myths...
> Cheers,
> Mike
> > > considering the CASCAR in June. Never seen CASCAR before, are they as
> > > fast as Nascar?
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> > They would be pretty close on Mosport since they(CASCAR) weigh almost a
> > 1000lbs less but also have 450 or so horsepower. A Cup car would eat
them
> > up on the straights but a CASCAR would get them in the turns and under
> > braking. Guess it would depend on the driver.
> > A Cup car would probably be a little faster though.
>Firstly, CASCAR and NASCAR have little (if anything) in common. (Sorry but
>this particular comparison REALLY irritates me...)
>If you MUST make a comparison, CASCAR is more like a 'de-tuned' version of
>ASA than anything else. CASCAR cars have a maximum horsepower of ~420hp as
>compared to 720+hp for WC cars in race trim. They are allowed to run either
>a wet sump or dry sump system. They have a shorter wheelbase and use
>fiberglass bodies and "stock" suspension pieces, not custom fabricated
>pieces.
>CASCAR stock cars must weigh 2800 lbs excluding the driver instead of the
>3400lbs of a WC car.
>For more info spend $20 (Cdn) and buy a CASCAR rule book (www.cascar.com)
>then make all the comparisons you want!
>ARCA is to Winston Cup what CASCAR is to ASA...
>Hope this helps dispel some of the myths...
>Cheers,
>Mike
This is sad... I was really praying for a safe racing season all
around after Earnhardts death. This, like DE's accident was one of
those things that happens once every 10,000 times (or more). The past
2 years have been tragic. Eventually something good will come from
all of this.
RB
On Sun, 20 May 2001 22:36:57 GMT, "rik anthrax"
>Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, May 20 - Trans-Am Series driver Mike Gagliardo
>has died as the result of a crash involving him and Gary Longo on the 38th
>lap of the Trans-Am 125 at Mosport International Raceway today.
>Gagliardo was transported to Lakeridge Health Center in Bowmanville
>following the accident, which caused the race to be red-flagged for 40min.
>Gagliardo, who was driving the No. 29 Agri Oils Chevrolet Corvette, was
>pronounced dead on arrival.
>Longo, driver of the No. 53 Wickes Lumber/Trilithic Panoz Esperante, was
>airlifted to Sunnybrook Medical Center in Toronto. He was conscious and
>alert, but is listed in critical condition.
>We'll provide more details as soon as they are available. - John Gardner,
>News Bureau Editor, RACER
