Racing past you in a long and thundering blur, you might be thinking all NASCAR cars are the same? While NASCAR rules are very strict to make for close and safe racing action, what we learned was a little surprising: we have the truth right here for you. NASCAR cars aren’t all the same. While …
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Which is faster: a NASCAR or a Formula 1 race car? If you’re brave enough to keep your right foot pinned to the accelerator pedal in either of these cars as the speedometer needle races towards 200 mph, you’ll quickly learn that both those cars are incredibly fast. We have investigated these motorsports to bring …
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NASCAR is world-famous for its thundering V8 cars, high-speed oval racing action and attracting more than 250,000 spectators to each event. Many fans would think NASCAR is an individual sport, but it is in fact very much a team sport. If you’ve been wondering how NASCAR teams work, I’ve studied this and got the inside …
This is a seemingly obvious question with a less than obvious answer, especially when watching NASCAR for the first time. It really looks like they go pedal to the floor the whole time, especially on large tracks. So, do the 1000 horsepower NASCAR cars have clutch pedals and brakes? NASCAR cars run on a 4-speed …
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It’s race day! Millions of people are on-site at the NASCAR race or watching from the comfort of their couch at home. Whether it is a day at Sonoma, Daytona or Talladega, all NASCAR drivers, pit crew and fans are anxiously waiting for those famous four words – “Gentlemen, start your engines”. Looming overhead, the …
Ah, the age-old question asked both sarcastically and seriously by non-fans of NASCAR. Can NASCAR cars even turn both ways? Yes, most NASCAR races only have left turns, but there’s a reason for it that actually makes sense. NASCAR cars CAN turn right. They are functioning vehicles and can turn left and right. Most NASCAR …
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NASCAR drivers have a reputation about them, that’s for sure. They are often described as redneck or hillbillies, with their overall reputation for being the more volatile and worse behaved cousins of Formula 1 racers. So, bearing that reputation in mind, why is it that we never see them with tattoos? Are they allowed to …
If your a fan of NASCAR racing you may be wondering how the drivers see behind them. Do they have rear-view mirrors like a normal car? There are no outside mirrors allowed in this motorsport, so how do drivers keep track of what’s happening in the race behind them? NASCAR cars have rearview mirrors and …
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This seems like an obvious question, as many of us regular folk listen to music when we’re behind the wheel; driving and listening to some beats for many of us is the default mode. But whether NASCAR drivers drive and listen to music is another story, and I’ve got the answer for you. NASCAR drivers …
This has to be one of the oddest parts of NASCAR, in really any sport come to think of it. Sticker headlights on NASCAR cars. Why do NASCAR cars have fake headlights? Even a popular Disney race car character’s nickname is “stickers”, a play on his stickers as headlights. NASCAR cars have fake headlights as …
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