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Posted: 10/21/2014 10:15:32 PM EDT
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Asphaltis Rapidicus Curvbendis = genius species
In motorcycle road racing we always looked at NASCAR and drag racing as a sport for the short bus crew. But at the pro level, you gotta have awesome skills, in any motor sport. At my age, I can't even win at practice any more. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 10:17:18 PM EDT
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I did 8 or 10 laps in a Richard petty car at Atlanta once. I can tell you with no hesitation that at this moment, I could not do 200 miles in July. Any of us would be mentally exhausted after 10 minutes. My laps at Charlotte told me the same thing. Oh, you want me to come out of turn two, nail the gas, and fight the car's tendency to turn left by steering towards the wall? Ha! It gets easier with practice and driving it towards the wall is fast coming off the corner Oh, I get that part. But trying to get that practice (and mindset) at 40+ ain't happening. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 10:21:37 PM EDT
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Most people don't have any concept on how hard it is to just qualify. Just run one lap and make the race. I'll go on record and say positively that not one person here could take a cup car and qualify it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I could easily beat Danica at least. She would not only drive circles around you and me but she's better than at least half the rest of the current field. Most people don't have any concept on how hard it is to just qualify. Just run one lap and make the race. I'll go on record and say positively that not one person here could take a cup car and qualify it. I'm thinking we have a pro driver on here. I think he drives a road race Porsche, so I bet we have one. 
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Posted: 10/21/2014 10:23:52 PM EDT
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with ease.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 10:24:04 PM EDT
[#5]
Every time I get on I-540 and I've got the paperwork to prove it.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 10:24:28 PM EDT
[#6]
I've turned a few laps st Atlanta at 185+....that count?
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Posted: 10/21/2014 10:24:34 PM EDT
[#7]
Nope. Too much drama.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 10:30:32 PM EDT
[#8]
Who would want to? 5 hours of complete and utter boredom, but you cannot do anything else?
Sounds like torture
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Posted: 10/21/2014 10:32:47 PM EDT
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I've drug my knee going from the roadcourse up onto the high bank at Charlotte Motor Speedway, so I've got that going for me.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 10:34:07 PM EDT
[#10]
...end of the track, turn left
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Posted: 10/21/2014 10:34:11 PM EDT
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My laps at Charlotte told me the same thing. Oh, you want me to come out of turn two, nail the gas, and fight the car's tendency to turn left by steering towards the wall? Ha! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I did 8 or 10 laps in a Richard petty car at Atlanta once. I can tell you with no hesitation that at this moment, I could not do 200 miles in July. Any of us would be mentally exhausted after 10 minutes. My laps at Charlotte told me the same thing. Oh, you want me to come out of turn two, nail the gas, and fight the car's tendency to turn left by steering towards the wall? Ha! EXACTLY! Hard to explain to someone who hasn't t done it that you have to turn TOWARDS the wall to go straight. (Yes Virginia, I'm sure they set them up that way on purpose to minimize people getting into the outside wall) |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 10:35:17 PM EDT
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I am sure I could do it but 4-5 hours at close to 200 mph and doing nothing but left handed turns would bore the shit out of me. I am an Autocross guy. Need some variety in my racing.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 10:44:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Who would want to? 5 hours of complete and utter boredom, but you cannot do anything else? Sounds like torture |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 10:44:14 PM EDT
[#14]
I'd sure like to find out.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 10:51:27 PM EDT
[#15]
Of course I could race at a Nascar level. And lose horribly.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 10:53:47 PM EDT
[#16]
I need to practice a lap first
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Posted: 10/21/2014 10:57:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: lol I love it. Half of ARF can drive like a NASCAR driver. I bet it is the same half that thinks Bruce Lee could kick Mike Tyson's ass.  I couldn't participate because he didn't ask about Formula 1. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 10:57:59 PM EDT
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Isn't this kind of like saying, "I BET YOU CAN'T SUCK DICK AS GOOD AS RICHARD SIMMONS!"
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Posted: 10/21/2014 11:00:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/21/2014 11:01:26 PM EDT
[#20]
I could crash pretty impressively if given the opportunity.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 11:02:52 PM EDT
[#21]
i'd love to try but most likely I'd end up running into the jet dryer or something stupid like that
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Posted: 10/21/2014 11:03:16 PM EDT
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Most people don't have any concept on how hard it is to just qualify. Just run one lap and make the race. I'll go on record and say positively that not one person here could take a cup car and qualify it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I could easily beat Danica at least. She would not only drive circles around you and me but she's better than at least half the rest of the current field. Most people don't have any concept on how hard it is to just qualify. Just run one lap and make the race. I'll go on record and say positively that not one person here could take a cup car and qualify it. We do have a professional driver on the board. I suspect he'd do a decent job, but only he can say for certain. I for one know I can't. I know where my talent lies, and it's working on them, not driving 'em. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 11:06:18 PM EDT
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Could I match the times that they get with the cars they drive on an open track? Yes. It's not hard.
Can I do it with 42 other cars? No. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 11:06:45 PM EDT
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LOL.
I'd be lucky to survive a lap, to say nothing of finishing it.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 11:07:43 PM EDT
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If say, someone was a national points champion runner up for multiple years in SCCA T1 driving Vette's against Vipers, 360s and 430s, and setting course records in qualifying on multiple tracks that have stood for 5+ years, I think they could qualify for the grid after a week of practice. Getting pole or winning the race is a whole 'nother ball game.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 11:08:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nope |
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Posted: 10/22/2014 7:26:27 AM EDT
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damn, 68 members here can...impressive.
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Posted: 10/22/2014 7:31:24 AM EDT
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Not a single person here could get within 5mph of a pole qualifying lap time.
Haters gunna hate but those rednecks can flat out drive. Danica would embarrass you all. |
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Posted: 10/22/2014 7:35:23 AM EDT
[#29]
I can't afford the gas or I would do it.
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:05:41 AM EDT
[#30]
I have no idea, I would like to try it though. |
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:06:48 AM EDT
[#31]
I can crash as well as any of the professional drivers... |
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:09:28 AM EDT
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I did the simulator at the Hall of Fame. I spent more time going sideways and into the wall than in a straight line. So I voted NO. I could only imagine what a real crash would feel like
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:11:27 AM EDT
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With 42 other cars on the track?, Lol, hell no. Also, I don't think people appreciate the fine line between grip and flight those cars ride at 200 mph. They aren't all wing and rubber like the science project cars. Many don't understand that. Nor do they care to. |
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:13:48 AM EDT
[#34]
Shake and bake.
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:13:59 AM EDT
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Sure, I'll even use my tundra, I'll get the turbo though
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:15:56 AM EDT
[#36]
I could probably give the people a really good crash to watch.
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:19:16 AM EDT
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I am sure I could do it but 4-5 hours at close to 200 mph and doing nothing but left handed turns would bore the shit out of me. I am an Autocross guy. Need some variety in my racing. Conepacking is not racing. |
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:20:29 AM EDT
[#38]
Yup. It would take some practice, but I know I could handle it.
I already complete in full races with my friends weekly. Oh I forgot the open lobbies, pretty sure a few of them were NASCAR drivers. Online full simulator, racing wheel, movements etc... |
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:26:53 AM EDT
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By myself? Sure. In a 40 car traffic jam? Depends on how much rubbin' is going on.
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:28:17 AM EDT
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Yup. It would take some practice, but I know I could handle it. I already complete in full races with my friends weekly. Oh I forgot the open lobbies, pretty sure a few of them were NASCAR drivers. Online full simulator, racing wheel, movements etc... Iracing? |
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:29:12 AM EDT
[#41]
Bet I could crash at a NASCAR level.
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:33:18 AM EDT
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Most people don't have any concept on how hard it is to just qualify. Just run one lap and make the race. I'll go on record and say positively that not one person here could take a cup car and qualify it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I could easily beat Danica at least. She would not only drive circles around you and me but she's better than at least half the rest of the current field. Most people don't have any concept on how hard it is to just qualify. Just run one lap and make the race. I'll go on record and say positively that not one person here could take a cup car and qualify it. You assume that there are no pro drivers that are members. I was told while I was trying to start a career in the sport that there maybe 20 "Jeff Gordon's" vying for a seat but only one will get it. Just the opposite, what if a "Jeff Gordon" started his Cup career with let's say MWR, how many championships and offers to drive would he have now? Everybody's a hero at keyboard. It's all different running flat out towards turns one and two at Bridgehampton. |
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:33:34 AM EDT
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I voted no but then I thought to myself, if Danica can drive and crash early in the race and still get back out there, what the hell - I could do that.
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:36:52 AM EDT
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I race MX bikes...and do well
I race Karts...and do well I race my cars on the street...and do well I am sure I could race a nascar stock car, I don't think I would get top 10 for the first few races...but after I got the hang of it I am sure I would be up with the leaders. ETA: I don't know if I could do F1 though, that seems pretty hard. |
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:38:54 AM EDT
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Nascar requires little skill. Sure i can make a left hand turn for hours.
F1 racing , on the other hand, requries massive skill and you have to be in great shape mentally and physicaly to endure all the twists and turns your going to have to make on the track. Look at the nascar drivers compared to the F1 drivers. Most Nascar drivers are fat and out of shape. How many Fat F1 drivers do you see? How many Nascar drivers have to remember each turn and where to hit the Apex? Hmmmm, none! Because all they have to do is make a Left Hand Turn! Nascar is not racing IMHO, sorry guys |
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:40:30 AM EDT
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Not me, but I did go to a Bondurant Formula Ford school many years ago and I wouldn't even want to race in that series. http://m1.i.pbase.com/o4/72/325172/1/56451311.PIR1send.jpg http://m8.i.pbase.com/o4/72/325172/1/56451198.PIR3send.jpg http://m1.i.pbase.com/o4/72/325172/1/56451301.PIR4send.jpg Are you bald? I am guessing you are, since you have the hat on while seated in the car for the picture. |
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:43:12 AM EDT
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Not I
Beyond my skill level 
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:45:04 AM EDT
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Not at NASCAR level, but I was on the motorsports team in college. We did legends cars against several southern universities.
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:47:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Iracing? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Yup. It would take some practice, but I know I could handle it. I already complete in full races with my friends weekly. Oh I forgot the open lobbies, pretty sure a few of them were NASCAR drivers. Online full simulator, racing wheel, movements etc... Iracing? We race each NASCAR track, practice like they do, run the full thing. After 3 hours the mind starts playing tricks on you. If I could simulate the heat helmet etc.. I would. |
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Posted: 10/22/2014 8:49:42 AM EDT
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Bingo! Wrapped in it. We race each NASCAR track, practice like they do, run the full thing. After 3 hours the mind starts playing tricks on you. If I could simulate the heat helmet etc.. I would. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yup. It would take some practice, but I know I could handle it. I already complete in full races with my friends weekly. Oh I forgot the open lobbies, pretty sure a few of them were NASCAR drivers. Online full simulator, racing wheel, movements etc... Iracing? After 3 hours the mind starts playing tricks on you. If I could simulate the heat helmet etc.. I would. Yeah, I've been on there since 2012. What's your oval Irating?
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