Have you seen the lap times at Las Vegas? Around the track in under 30 seconds.
Tony told NASCAR.com this: “It’s just so fast around the bottom. I mean we’re running ridiculously fast speeds. It’s stupid to be running this fast in a Cup car, I think. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me why we’re running mid- to low 29-second laps in a 3,400-pound stock car around here.”
Once again, Smoke makes it plain.
Scott Riggs turned in a 183.511 mph Monday morning.
By Tuesday, cars were even faster around the 1.5-mile track. Paul Menard at 188.370 mph/28.667 seconds; Elliott Sadler and David Gilliland running at 187.188 mph/ 28.667 seconds and 186.896 mph/ 28.848 seconds respectively.
Back in the saddle again, Ricky Rudd posted at 29.009/186.149 and his buddy Tony Stewart clocked 29.047/185.906.
By the way, the top Toyota was Mike Skinner, ninth-fastest at 29.184/185.033.
Ryan Newman had no qualms about the speed at Vegas. He said the Goodyears are pretty hard so you can go a lot faster.
Tony told NASCAR.com this: “It’s just so fast around the bottom. I mean we’re running ridiculously fast speeds. It’s stupid to be running this fast in a Cup car, I think. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me why we’re running mid- to low 29-second laps in a 3,400-pound stock car around here.”
Once again, Smoke makes it plain.
Scott Riggs turned in a 183.511 mph Monday morning.
By Tuesday, cars were even faster around the 1.5-mile track. Paul Menard at 188.370 mph/28.667 seconds; Elliott Sadler and David Gilliland running at 187.188 mph/ 28.667 seconds and 186.896 mph/ 28.848 seconds respectively.
Back in the saddle again, Ricky Rudd posted at 29.009/186.149 and his buddy Tony Stewart clocked 29.047/185.906.
By the way, the top Toyota was Mike Skinner, ninth-fastest at 29.184/185.033.
Ryan Newman had no qualms about the speed at Vegas. He said the Goodyears are pretty hard so you can go a lot faster.
On Tuesday, the wall was a popular place for Greg Biffle (again), Kasey Kahne and Reed Sorensen.
Speed doesn’t mean necessarily good racing. It’s harder to get side-by-side. I’m not a big fan of single file racing, are you? Give me a good ‘ol short track anyday.
Speed doesn’t mean necessarily good racing. It’s harder to get side-by-side. I’m not a big fan of single file racing, are you? Give me a good ‘ol short track anyday.
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Speed doesn’t mean necessarily good racing.
That quote says it all. Many drivers and fans complain about "dirty air" creating aero-push.
It's all cod-swolop aero wise the cars produced much dirtier air 20 years ago than today.
The difference is the speeds run today.
It will also be the ultimate downfall of the CoT, despite all the hollerin' about it the speeds are not that much slower and the problem will still exist.
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