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Could you imagine a World Touring Car Series with manufacturers from N America, Japan, Europe, Aussies and Korea? All racing under similar specs on the same tracks? This sounds AWEsome!
I do wonder about the idea of partnering w/NASCAR at 6 events, though. Would Touring Cars run on ovals??
It seems the British Touring Car Championship will go NASCAR-wise in terms of a spec car to be used by virtually any manufacturer willing to enter the series without spending money to develop it own S2000 touring car (currently used in the WTCC and all European national touring car championships, except the DTM).
Their "Car of Tomorrow" is called "Next Generation Touring Car" and it was successfully tested recently.
How many road courses do the top three NASCAR series' currently run on? Glen, Sonoma, Mexico, Montreal, Road America, and... am I missing one?Quote:
Originally Posted by edv
Doesn't seem too much of a stretch to add another road course date in one of the other support series, perhaps trucks, where they have shortest schedule. Seems like a good way to get more fannies in the seats by bringing in fans of other touring series and exposing them to the product.
SCCA tried it at Charlotte a few years ago. They had to add chicanes to the track.Quote:
Originally Posted by edv
Main problems:
1. Ovals demand staggered tires wich complicate standing starts.
2. Tires built for road racing might not handle banking and vertical loads.
3. All engines must have dry sump oil systems to compensate for g-loading.
I think Mexico is gone for good. Almost all the ovals have road course setups but most don't lend themselves to quick changeover during a weekend, esp with all of Nascars haulers. However the flater ovals might be usable: Phoenix, Pocono, Martinsville, Richmond or NHIS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve-o
European ovals like Rockingham (England) and Lausitzring (Germany) are easy to be switched in road course layout. Why not an exhibition NASCAR race in Europe, in conjunction with DTM?
I'd love to see Loudon use the existing roadcourse, which runs inside turns 1-2 of the nascar oval before heading up the hill on the back stretch into a banked turn known as 'the bowl'. The problem is when coming off the hill and entering the NASCAR oval, the wall to turn three is at a 90 degree angle to the track, and it's very close to the racing surface. AMA pulled out because the Bahre's wouldn't fix it. Now SMI owns it, maybe they will consider changing that issue. Club cars run there often, and I am not aware of any problems. The bowl is turn six below, and the wall issues are between turns 9 and 10.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonesi
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Forget the haulers, think about the campers you can't charge admission now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonesi
While it would have been better for NASCAR to use some of the road courses' chicanes instead of restrictor plates, that track isn't worthy of anything bigger than club racing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve-o
California Speedway & Homestead Raceway come to mind, as both are used by NASCAR and Grand Am in their respective series calendars.
and don't forget Daytona.
As someone said above, Mexico is no longer visited by NASCAR. The other two tracks that NASCAR visits that I'd throw in the mix would be Daytona and Indianapolis. They could run the DTM race during Speedweeks or on the 4th of July weekend at Daytona, and Indianapolis has a road course that F1 used to race on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve-o
Both are big weekends (although diminishing a bit over the past few years) and the DTM manufacturers would love to have the big crowds to see their cars and file through their displays.