No what? No Testing? Mooooooo…
Friday, November 14th, 2008 7:23pm CST
By Luke, Thunder Lounge
Published on Thunder Lounge.
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The image pretty much sums it up.
NASCAR, you’re f***kin’ up. With a ban on testing at tracks where NASCAR plays ball in any of the touring series (Cup, Nationwide, Trucks, and East OR West), you’ve forced these teams (who are going to damn well test anyway, and you know it) to travel that much further to run a car.
How dumb is that? Pretty lame, if you ask me. Although I bet Andy Hillenburg is chomping at the bit. Silly to add a half-mile right outside the backstretch? I think not.
What NASCAR has done
NASCAR has saved face, and created positive press. Does anyone really think this is going to save anyone any money? Are there tracks out there where the teams can go?
The answers to those questions are, “No”, and “You bet your ass”.
Teams need data to make their cars better. They get the best data from a car on a track, with telemetry.
Ever hear of Texas World Speedway? From their website:
“TWS is located on approximately 375 acres with direct access to Highway 6 south of College Station, Texas. In addition to the two mile “D” shaped oval with 22 degree banking turns with 8 degree banking in the front of the grandstands, TWS is a road racers speedway with a 1.8, 1.9 and 2.9 mile high speed road courses. These are the primary track layouts for TWS; however, there are other layouts that can be customized (for example, a 3 mile grand prix road course).“
Sure is a long drive from Charlotte.
What NASCAR should have done
Ban any and all testing at tracks other than Charlotte, Martinsville, Rockingham. Period. Sanctioned by NASCAR or not.
Let teams test all they want, whenever they want, but keep it close enough to home to make it cheap.
OK, the only real benefit there is Charlotte. There are several short tracks in the area they could test at, and (unfortunately) Rockingham is still fair game.
However, what makes up the meat of the schedule? Mile and a half cookie cutters. Where do teams spend a ton of time testing at? Kentucky. See where this is going? Now those will shift to more runs down in Texas. More fuel, further distance, more days away.
So NASCAR may have put on a good game face for the media, but all we have to say is, “Gentlemen, hit your buttons.”
Filed Under: Nascar, Nationwide Series, Sprint Cup
Tagged As: Bullshit, NASCAR Policies, testing
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