What is it we love to hate about NASCAR? It's roots are in the same era of technology that our Cobras originated in. Our engines and suspension come out of the same gene pool, don't they? Even over here in Bermuda, where the speed limit (officially) is 35 kph, and the longest straight stretch of road is about 2 car lengths
, there is a tremendous following.
Peter Windsor and Michael Waltrip were discussing F1 .v. Nascar on Speed Tunnel one night, and Peter asked why invest millions on a 1950's front axle, when there are other more modern designs. But when I watch these aircraft carriers transistion from straight to corner at 195 mph, I am impressed. Didn't one of these cars beat an F1 around Daytona, I seem to recall the F1 averaged about 180 and the other about 225.