I read about Toyota bring back the Supra model, which I like that idea, and it's to be their entry in the NASCAR racing series. However the race version hasn't a single piece of stock sheet metal on it. It will be a composite body. So I ask what happen to STOCK in stock car racing? Also the race version will run TRD racing engine which no one can get in any of their street models, the article mentioned that the street version will be power by a BMW 6 cly engine. That sounded strange! As a kid growing up in the deep south I fell in love with NASCAR racing. One could easily inter racing by going to local junkyard and buy a wreak car and turn it into a race car and not spend millions of $$$ to do it. Now the current France family have run NASCAR into the ground and looking to sell the series.....my guess is Big Bill France has flipped over in his grave by now.
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The first Supra's were just a lengthened and widened Celica, but the 3rd generation A70 Supra in 1986 was badder-asser with their CT26 turbocharged 7M-GTE engine, which contained 4 valves per cylinder and dual overhead cams. This distributor-less engine used coil packs sitting on the cam covers and a cam position sensor driven by the exhaust camshaft was rated at 230 hp at 5,600 rpm.
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Originally posted by Big Dave View PostSo I ask what happen to STOCK in stock car racing?
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Since I don't know anything and my ignorance is most of what I actually enjoy, I'll say that I was under the impression that you could just keep the same purpose-built tube frame and change that thing from a Chevy to a Ford (or whatever) with some new body skin, a new appearance profile. Oh, and some different stickers on it.Last edited by pdub; July 7, 2018, 08:28 AM.Charter member of the Turd Nuggets
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Originally posted by Big Dave View PostI read about Toyota bring back the Supra model, which I like that idea, and it's to be their entry in the NASCAR racing series. However the race version hasn't a single piece of stock sheet metal on it. It will be a composite body. So I ask what happen to STOCK in stock car racing? Also the race version will run TRD racing engine which no one can get in any of their street models, the article mentioned that the street version will be power by a BMW 6 cly engine. That sounded strange! As a kid growing up in the deep south I fell in love with NASCAR racing. One could easily inter racing by going to local junkyard and buy a wreak car and turn it into a race car and not spend millions of $$$ to do it. Now the current France family have run NASCAR into the ground and looking to sell the series.....my guess is Big Bill France has flipped over in his grave by now.Patrick & Tammy
- Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??
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Originally posted by silver_bullet View Post
Stock SUV racing?
I have to admit, I was so bored I actually DID watch the whole race where Rock posted the video of the fantastic finish. There was literally nothing else worth watching, but those last couple laps were very cool. The downsized grandstands were maybe.....be optimistic....maybe 1/3 filled with fans?
If it (NASCAR) is supposed to be a money machine, they're bound to have to be hitting the ATM quite frequently to keep the lights on at Headquarters.Charter member of the Turd Nuggets
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Originally posted by pdub View Post
That would be a rollover fest, fun to watch.
I have to admit, I was so bored I actually DID watch the whole race where Rock posted the video of the fantastic finish. There was literally nothing else worth watching, but those last couple laps were very cool. The downsized grandstands were maybe.....be optimistic....maybe 1/3 filled with fans?
If it (NASCAR) is supposed to be a money machine, they're bound to have to be hitting the ATM quite frequently to keep the lights on at Headquarters.
They're so far ahead of NHRA cutting back to 5 liters. Now cut back to 6 cylinders N/A, 4 cylinders turbo, STOCK BLOCKS, RWD conversion allowed but NOT mandatory..... screw it, allow AWD. DUMP a ton of rules and watch the road course records FALL while oval races get SAFER again.
Chipmunk motors ARE the future, look at F-1!My hobby is needing a hobby.
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Originally posted by RockJustRock View PostBut Kyle Busch.... too bad there AREN"T 31 more like HIM!Charter member of the Turd Nuggets
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Originally posted by pdub View PostSince I don't know anything and my ignorance is most of what I actually enjoy, I'll say that I was under the impression that you could just keep the same purpose-built tube frame and change that thing from a Chevy to a Ford (or whatever) with some new body skin, a new appearance profile. Oh, and some different stickers on it.
not such a stretch, is it?Patrick & Tammy
- Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??
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Here's an interesting article on how and why Nascar lost Stock from auto racing:
A great man once said, "There's nothing stock about a stock car." We tend to agree as the cars in NASCAR today are obviously related in name only to their showroom counterpart, but it hasn't always been that way, has it? We take a deeper look to learn when stock cars stopped wearing stock sheet metal.
I think they need to take about 50 years back and see what happens....Patrick & Tammy
- Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??
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Originally posted by silver_bullet View Post
consider the handling characteristics of the cars that started it all in the forties...
not such a stretch, is it?Last edited by pdub; July 7, 2018, 11:57 AM.Charter member of the Turd Nuggets
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