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Originally Posted by OntarioVanMan
I do believe it's called NASCAR???
NORTH American Stock Car Not that it matters much... Definition:
A stock car, in the original sense of the term, is an automobile that has not been modified from its original factory configuration. Later the term stock car came to mean any production-based automobile used in racing. This term was used to differentiate such a car from a race car, a special, custom-built car designed only for racing purposes with no intent of its ever being used as regular transportation.
When NASCAR was first formed by Bill France Sr. in 1948 to regulate stock car racing, there was a requirement that any car entered be made entirely of parts available to the general public through automobile dealers, and that all cars must be from a model run of which at least 500 cars of that model were sold to the general public.
Remembering it was a Jaguar that won in 1954...
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If you read the link in my message above , NONE of the "cars" racing in the Sprint Cup series are classified as "American" by 75% parts content or more . The Ford Fusion is more American than the Camry ? They should call it Not A Single Car American Really . Since it is here now , many people call the COT CORN -Car Of Right Now . When stock cars WERE stock we all benefited . How many of you remember Richard Petty going to Ford in 1969 because the Torino had a slicker body than the Plymouth and Chrysler refused to let Petty switch to a Dodge ? Improvements in design for racing were found in cars on showroom floors . Manufacturers points are a joke . What do the manufacturers contribute other than money ?
You can't say engines because the performance of the engine depends entirely on which shop builds it . I'd like to see everybody get identical engines made by the manufacturer delivered to each track in sealed crates and installed the morning of the race . Then manufacturers would earn their points .
The one thing about the COT is drivers will earn their points more on their abilities . Hendrick got the jump on COT last year but as more teams have time with it things will even out . Bad tires took skill to control and the drivers didn't like it but it showed who could really drive. Things are not quite as boring as last year .