They do actually have "Street Circuits" on the calendar, as the yanks call 'em. What you or I would call a normal racetrack.
I have worked in/with NASCAR just a tiny bit. One of the last projects I worked on at my old job was designing the new carbon propshafts for that ^^^ car (it's a common core vehicle with lots of parts shared by all teams). It's a weird old mix of high tech motorsport like in F1 and old school charm. They have carbon propshafts and wind tunnel honed aero but they also have 4 speed H-pattern 'boxes and steering wheels from a routemaster bus.
When my old place first started supplying the props a few of the Engineers went to some early races as tech support. 'tis one of the few regrets I have from leaving, I never got to do that
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 11:56 am
This year's Le Mans grid.
Love the big blue American interloper half way back....
Sooooo....they qualified at the front of all the GTE racers (Corvettes, 911s, Astons, stuff like that), 4s ahead of the fastest GTE cars. Actually faster than some LMP2 full slicks-and-wings prototypes albeit ones which had problems.
They've got an F1 world champ, a 7 times NASCAR champ and a former Le Mans winner driving. Should go alright in the race, reliability notwithstanding.
Is there a maximum width for the cars? Or could you build a Dick Dastardly style super wide car with not much top speed but incredible acceleration off the start line and then just cruise to victory?
Sadly there's a maximum width for proper entries. The NASCAR is under Garage 56, which is a one time entry for oddballs. They've had drivers with no legs or that Nissan Deltawing in there before.
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 12:10 pm
They do actually have "Street Circuits" on the calendar, as the yanks call 'em. What you or I would call a normal racetrack.
I have worked in/with NASCAR just a tiny bit. One of the last projects I worked on at my old job was designing the new carbon propshafts for that ^^^ car (it's a common core vehicle with lots of parts shared by all teams). It's a weird old mix of high tech motorsport like in F1 and old school charm. They have carbon propshafts and wind tunnel honed aero but they also have 4 speed H-pattern 'boxes and steering wheels from a routemaster bus.
When my old place first started supplying the props a few of the Engineers went to some early races as tech support. 'tis one of the few regrets I have from leaving, I never got to do that
Been that way for years. At one time they all used 9in Ford difs & GM trans no matter what engine was in it.
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 11:56 am
This year's Le Mans grid.
Love the big blue American interloper half way back They're running a single NASCAR this year as part of the Garage 56 programme - sort of a wildcard thing. It's faster than some LMP2 prototypes
The street version of the ZL-1 is a 700hp car, race version is probably a bit more than that...
I'd always made the mistake of thinking of the LMP cars as being big, but I saw this yesterday on a thread about car 24 yesterday - it's not just that it's big, the others are TINY!
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 11:56 am
This year's Le Mans grid.
Love the big blue American interloper half way back They're running a single NASCAR this year as part of the Garage 56 programme - sort of a wildcard thing. It's faster than some LMP2 prototypes
The street version of the ZL-1 is a 700hp car, race version is probably a bit more than that...
600something IIRC, they're all capped. Time was I could tell you the exact torque and power, I did the propshafts as above
Snot really a Camero at all. Its a spaceframe race car with a roughly Camero shaped lid on top hence why it's so fast.
ChrisW wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 5:54 pm
I'd always made the mistake of thinking of the LMP cars as being big, but I saw this yesterday on a thread about car 24 yesterday - it's not just that it's big, the others are TINY!
Toyota Yaris WRC car comparison:
LMP is pretty much F1 levels of tech/performance. It looks like they should be big "full size" cars cause they've got windows and doors but they're essentially F1 cars with a roof...that's the nearest thing anyway. They're much more restricted on development but conceptually that's what they are.
In fact, if you let em off the leash they're about as fast...
Reminds me of going to see the Legends Racing series at Brands. They came blatting down the pit straight looking like Al Capone hot rods and, as they got closer....they didn't get any bigger. They're tiny!
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