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NASCAR baws, help me understand re: rain
Posted on 7/20/25 at 5:06 pm
Posted on 7/20/25 at 5:06 pm
Can you help me understand how open wheel F1 cars can race in a total downpour but NASCAR can’t go in a bit of rain. I seriously don’t understand.
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Posted on 7/20/25 at 5:08 pm to Chucktown_Badger
Road course or oval track?
It's insane to race ovals in the rain.
It's insane to race ovals in the rain.
Posted on 7/20/25 at 5:12 pm to Chucktown_Badger
NASCAR has no inter/wet tires
Posted on 7/20/25 at 5:19 pm to Cosmo
So why not get some and run the damn race?
Same for Indy. Sack up and let’s go. F1 is competition and this just reinforces the perception that the Indy and NASCAR drivers can’t hack weather.
Same for Indy. Sack up and let’s go. F1 is competition and this just reinforces the perception that the Indy and NASCAR drivers can’t hack weather.
This post was edited on 7/20/25 at 5:21 pm
Posted on 7/20/25 at 5:26 pm to Chucktown_Badger
And these guys are gonna wreck each other three more times before the finish anyway.
Posted on 7/20/25 at 5:33 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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Can you help me understand how open wheel F1 cars can race in a total downpour but NASCAR can’t go in a bit of rain. I seriously don’t understand.
Keep that stuff to the soccer board
Posted on 7/20/25 at 5:44 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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And these guys are gonna wreck each other three more times before the finish anyway.
That’s 1
This post was edited on 7/20/25 at 5:44 pm
Posted on 7/20/25 at 5:49 pm to Cosmo
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NASCAR has no inter/wet tires
Wrong
Posted on 7/20/25 at 5:52 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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That’s 1
That’s 2
Posted on 7/20/25 at 5:56 pm to Chucktown_Badger
There are no rain tires in closed race cars unless they are on a street course.
Also, in the case of Dover, it's concrete. And it has absolutely no grip when wet.
ETA: My fault. Rain tires are used at Martinsville, Loudon, and Richmond.
Also, in the case of Dover, it's concrete. And it has absolutely no grip when wet.
ETA: My fault. Rain tires are used at Martinsville, Loudon, and Richmond.
This post was edited on 7/20/25 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 7/20/25 at 5:58 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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So why not get some and run the damn race?
Posted on 7/20/25 at 6:01 pm to Lexis Dad
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There are no rain tires in closed race cars unless they are on a street course.
I thought Chicago got delayed the last two years for weather
He almost smoked the wall in his celebration. That would’ve been 3.
This post was edited on 7/20/25 at 6:03 pm
Posted on 7/20/25 at 6:06 pm to Chucktown_Badger
Not this year.
And what's it matter? You.come off like an ignorant open-wheel snob
Also, Cup cars are a hell of a lot heavier than Indy/F1 cars
And what's it matter? You.come off like an ignorant open-wheel snob
Also, Cup cars are a hell of a lot heavier than Indy/F1 cars
Posted on 7/20/25 at 6:13 pm to Lexis Dad
Huh? I was literally bagging on Indy car for the same thing. My buddies and I used to go to Indy every year. I am just trying to understand why F1 will race in rain but the others cannot.
Posted on 7/20/25 at 6:22 pm to Chucktown_Badger
F1 is built for versatility in weather, while NASCAR’s design and track characteristics make rain racing riskier and less practical, especially on ovals.
Posted on 7/20/25 at 6:32 pm to Chucktown_Badger
How many F1 races have you seen on an oval?
Indy runs in the rain. So does NASCAR. Just like F1 they do so on road courses.
Indy runs in the rain. So does NASCAR. Just like F1 they do so on road courses.
Posted on 7/20/25 at 6:42 pm to Chucktown_Badger
Ovals it depends on the banking. Flatter ovals like New Hampshire, Richmond, Martinsville, you can run rain tires. Tracks with a higher banking like Dover, Bristol, Daytona, they cannot. Far too dangerous.
Road courses they can run in the wet. They won’t run in the rain. If the visibility is near zero, they can’t do it.
Road courses they can run in the wet. They won’t run in the rain. If the visibility is near zero, they can’t do it.
Posted on 7/20/25 at 7:05 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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perception that the Indy and NASCAR drivers can’t hack weather.
Definitely isn’t just perception.
Posted on 7/20/25 at 7:13 pm to MikeHoncho47
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Tracks with a higher banking like Dover, Bristol, Daytona, they cannot. Far too dangerous.
Yeah. People who haven’t seen it in person don’t realize how banked it is.
This post was edited on 7/20/25 at 7:14 pm
Posted on 7/20/25 at 7:16 pm to BigBinBR
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Yeah. People who haven’t seen it in person don’t realize how banked it is.
this, x10
i was able to get onto the daytona track, and some old school 1/2 mile concrete track that was abandoned many years ago. the banking is incredible.
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