[General | Members | C900 | 9000 | NG900 & OG93 | 92X | 93 | 95 | NG95 | 97X | 99 | Sonett | Vintage Models | Performance | Detail | Clubs & SOC | Other Cars | Books Movies & Music | Chat | FAQs | Gifts | Photos | Classifieds | Polls | Raffle | Sponsors]

General Bulletin Board
Search:

[Main General Bulletin Board | Post Followup | FAQ ] [ Prev by Date ] [ Next by Date ] Member Login / Signup [Most Recently Edited Saabnet.com Photo Galleries]
which top NASCAR drivers are "fat and old"?
Posted by John in Bismarck (more from John in Bismarck) on Thu, 2 Aug 2012 07:16:16
In Reply to: If you want to see a test of driver/rider skill, MotoGP, AeroEd , Wed, 1 Aug 2012 09:30:33
The top drivers all look pretty fit to me. Many of them have been top drivers in other kinds of race cars (Stewart, Montoya, Hornish). Lots of NASCAR is silly, including calling the cars "Chevys" and "Toyotas" when they're all pretty much spec cars with decals. The "debris on the track" cautions are also stupid. However, there is no way that anyone but a skilled, experienced race car driver could take one of those cars through a turn at Indy or Daytona at anywhere near the speeds they do in race conditions. Also, NASCAR includes a few road course races; they are the ones I really like to see. In the old days, the teams would bring in road racing drivers to fill in for the regular NASCAR drivers on those courses, but these days, it's almost all the same drivers, and they do a mighty good job of braking and shifting, using real manual transmissions!

posted by 216.147.1...
Posts in this Thread:
Members can receive an alert when someone posts in this thread.
Post a Followup

Name:
E-Mail: (Confidential & Secure - Not revealed to other users!)
Send me email when someone posts in this thread: (available to Members)

Subject:

Posting rules are simple - No for sale/wanted ads or live auctions may be here - use the classifieds.
You may not cross-post your message to multiple BBs.
Personal attacks, insults, or flaming are not allowed.
Posting any of this will result in an immediate loss of posting privileges on this site.
Site Members do not see any warning (red) text.

Message:

Optional Link URL: (e.g. http://www.saabnet.com/)
To promote your own Saab site here, you must have a link back to The Saab Network.
Link Title:
Optional Image URL: (e.g. http://www.saabnet.com/img.jpg)


The content on this site may not be republished without permission. Copyright © 1988-2012 - The Saab Network - saabnet.com.
This is a moderated bulletin board - Posting is a privilege, not a right. Unsolicited commercial postings are not allowed (no Spam). Please, no For Sale or Wanted postings, SERIOUSLY. Classifieds are to be listed in The Saab Network Classifieds pages. This is a problem solving forum for over 250,000 Saab owners, so expect to see problems discussed here even though our cars are generally very reliable. This is not an anything goes type of forum. Saabnet.com has been a moderated forum since 1988. For usage guidelines, see the Saabnet.com Mission and Purpose Page. Please remember that you are not anonymous. Site Donations
Your address is: 107.20.129.212 - Using CCBot/2.0 - Logged.
Site Members do not see red text instructions, green links, and bottom of the page banners.
Click here to see all the Site Membership Benefits!