[Shotimes] (OT) Re: NASCAR numbnuts

[Carl Prochilo]

If you want to stay current, http://www.f1racing.net is pretty good.

They are trying to achieve a slowdown of the cars because it is said
that the speeds are too high, and also to bring more parity since
the series is fairly one sided at this point.  Personally I liked
Briatore's idea of cutting down testing costs and doing more races.

All of this stuff has a lot of politics involved as you can imagine,
FIA, drivers, manufacturers all of which have different desires and
motives.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

Ron Nottingham said:
> DOH!!! Guess that's what I get for working so much, not having any
> time off
> :-) Kind of like Rip Van Winkle. Hmmmm.... 2.4L V8's..... Losing
> displacement and cylinder count...... Could 1.5L V6's and turbos be
> far
> behind :-)
>
> Ron N. - Dalton, GA
> 90 SHO
> 89 325i
> (OO==00==OO)
> "It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile"
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
>
>
>> You need to catch up Ron.  The automatic shift program was
>> eliminated this year.  Traction control is banned on starts.
>> Possibly to get eliminated altogether soon.
>>
>> If Max Mosley gets his way we will get 2.4L V8 motors all using a
>> common ECU.
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Carl Prochilo
>> 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
>>
>> Ron Nottingham said:
>> > 7-speed manual tranny?!?!? Dude, they're running automatics now
>> :-)
>> > Oh yeah,
>> > you can get one of those from your local M-B dealer :-)
>> >
>> > Ron N. - Dalton, GA
>> > 90 SHO
>> > 89 325i
>> > (OO==00==OO)
>> > "It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile"
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
>> >
>> >
>> >> Yeah, still waiting for my 19,000 RPM engine and 7-speed manual
>> >> tranny.
>> >> --
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Carl Prochilo
>> >> 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
>> >>
>> >> James F. Ryan III said:
>> >>
>> >> > Atleast F1 gave us GoodYear Gatorbacks, better turbochargers,
>> >> and
>> >> > paddle
>> >> > shifters.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >>-----Original Message-----
>> >> >>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>> >> >>[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of George
>> >> Fourchy
>> >> >>Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 5:18 PM
>> >> >>To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>> >> >>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) Re: NASCAR numbnuts
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>On Tue, 11 May 2004 17:11:34 -0400, Mark Nunnally wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>I would like to see NASCAR run production type drivetrains,
>> and
>> >> >>> get
>> >> >>>away from the spec templete stuff, and run on more road
>> >> courses.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>I'd bet we'd get some much more durable cars if they did
>> that,
>> >> >>like back in the '60s!
>> >> >>
>> >> >>Ah, yes, the '60s!!
>> >> >>
>> >> >>;-)
>> >> >>
>> >> >>George
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