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How new car has changed NASCAR
When you look at this season's final results for the Sprint Cup Series, it's hard not to be a little puzzled. You can say that three teams dominated the season, but you have to be careful how you use the word "team." Roush Fenway Racing won 11 races this year. Joe Gibbs Racing won 10 and Hendrick Motorsports won eight. That's 29 of 36 races. But if you look at it, Carl Edwards won nine of the 11 at Roush. Kyle Busch won eight of the 10 at Gibbs. Jimmie Johnson won seven of the eight at Hendrick. So those three drivers won 24 of those 29 that their teams won. It wasn't that multicar teams dominated as much as it was that particular drivers and their teams did. I actually have a theory about why that is. I believe that the new car that Sprint Cup teams used this year is a big part of that. Specifically, I believe that teams haven't figured out nearly as many ways to adjust on the car and make it both comfortable for a driver and fast enough to be competitive as they had with the old car. What that means is that a team gets the car as good as it can get it. From that point, it's up to the driver to adapt to the car. It's no longer - or at least not right now - a matter of conitnuing to work on the car to give the driver the feel he's looking for. The successful teams are the ones where the driver has been able to adapt to how the car feels when the team finds a way to make it go fast. The driver becomes the variable, not the car.
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"first" - cereal killer.
svt.
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Come on TRASHCAR -- admit it you'all made a mistake ... get rid of the COTTIE car!!@#$
EarnTaz88
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NASCAR will NEVER admit they made a mistake EarnTaz!!! We will be stuck with how it is !!!
Ohio
Nw, OH
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tie some beer cans on the back, yeah!
Sooner_Sully
Sooner Nation Dallas, TX
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COT=SUX
Yea, #5!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Mr. FLOAT-
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Brian S-Bag France or any other **** that runs NASCAR will never admit they ruined EVERYTHING
Friction Burns
Conroe, TX
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Sooner_Sully -- I like that ... here is how it would work >>> debris on the track >>> let's race >>> debris on the track >>> Let's race >>>>debris on the track >>> etc.etc.etc.
EarnTaz88
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I didn't like the new car at first because it seemed like it slowed the cars down too much and ruined racing the way it was suppose to be. It made car owners have to change their cars and seemed like they had to start from scratch again. However, now that we have raced our first full season in the new car I have found myself to liking the new car. There have been many close races and they have been pretty exciting. I now like the new car and what it has done for the racing. I will have to say that it was a success.
dalejrfan88
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I think I'll go back to sleep after these exciting threads today,
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
Hammered_everynight
Las Vegas, NV
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Wow, The season IS over!
-Mr. FLOAT-
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And how is that any different then a normal race?
IamRightYouAreWrong
Florence , SC
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IARYAW -- exactly the point!
EarnTaz88
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Okay - I actually took a minute and read the article. W_T_F ? I feel like I am reading the Driver's review of the Gremlin. Duh........may be a toofless ornary uncle dad from Bugtussle....but we have read more interesting stories on the menu.
jackman....!
Delhomme Who?, NC
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Someone get me what this person is taking while watching the races. The only excitment is at tracks 1 mile or smaller and at Dega and Daytona, oh and maybe the road courses. Other than that they are a snooz fest.
speed061
Marion , AR
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Float words you not helping your retarded reputation on T&R by turning words into math equations..
CP-Child Please!
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Carson, sad thing is, You can't figure it out! LOL
-Mr. FLOAT-
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Shucks you miscreant you think you have gotten me don't you... I say I throw you in the Ohio River with an anchor tied to your leg... LETS SEE HOW LONG YOU CAN REALLY "FLOAT"
CP-Child Please!
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GEEZ Float -- looks like yoiu got Hip-Hop 09 fired up ... the only thing is the statement about the OH Ten river is wrong ... there is so much crap in that creek you can stand on it!
EarnTaz88
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Yes it's very polluted... More fun to watch for me to you tube the action as it goes down..
CP-Child Please!
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No Float = No Fun
CP-Child Please!
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