Nascar for 2016

[GA_Boater]

We're Muricans! Chevy Bolts. Then the 20 lap heats work for charging 'em up. LOL

 

[GA_Boater]

Here is the Nascar reason for the 20 minute competition cautions in Truck. I think the part I bolded says why Cup drivers shouldn't be racing trucks. I'm pretty sure O'Donnell said that Trucks is a developmental series for young drivers. The underlined is simply a good question.

Clock will mandate competition cautions


NASCAR will display “competition cautions” every 20 minutes during its Camping World Truck Series races this year in an effort to help younger, less experienced crews and drivers learn to make race-truck adjustments on the fly. The new procedure was unveiled on Tuesday during the Charlotte Motor Speedway’s annual Media Tour.

As outlined by NASCAR executive Steve O’Donnell, a “caution clock” will count down from 20:00 as teams take the green flag to start each race. If a caution doesn’t occur naturally by 00:00 on the clock, NASCAR will display the yellow caution flag and teams will pit as they always have. The clock will be reset to 20:00 when the race begins, and again count down to 00:00 -- barring another “natural” caution. The 20-minute intervals will continue with every restart until the race “window” is clearly inside 20 minutes.

The obvious question to O’Donnell was, why? After all, for years fans have been quick to claim NASCAR uses bogus cautions to keep fields tight or create late-race dramatics. Suddenly, those fans are going to give NASCAR a pass for displaying cautions for no reason whatsoever?

“We think it’ll add to the strategy during the race,” O’Donnell said. “If you look at the Camping World Truck Series, that’s an area where some of our younger drivers and younger teams and newer teams can use the competition caution to adjust on the truck. We’ve seen that in the Cup Series when, we’ve had a competition caution early in the race, it’s allowed teams to make some last minute adjustments early in the race.

“We think it’s going to be huge for the truck teams throughout the race. It’ll be implemented throughout the season.”

Read more: http://autoweek.com/article/nascar-c...#ixzz3xqa3LYmt​

 

[MTboatguy]

It is stupid, just plain stupid, part of racing is learning on the fly how to adjust your car/truck to be competitive..It is just dumb and will drive many of us old timers away, but maybe we don't count anymore?

 

[fhhuber]

Won't be long till they just line em all up behind the pace car... and drive around the track for 500 miles in formation. Then they'll hand everyone a trophy.

 

[64osby]

Cycling through the field with green flag pit stops will be eliminated with a 20 minute clock.

 

[GA_Boater]

I wonder if they gave any thought to how long a race will last now? Doubt it.

Qualifying has been tweaked to make it fit a TV window and how will this fit a race TV time window?

No more fuel mileage races. I don't like 'em, but it is part of racing.

 

[WIMUSKY]

Don't forget GA, they're just using the trucks as the test series. I doubt this new format will make it any further. At least I hope not. Probably won't last the full season.....

 

[GA_Boater]

Don't forget GA, they're just using the trucks as the test series. I doubt this new format will make it any further. At least I hope not. Probably won't last the full season.....

I hope you're right, Musky.

And Shrubby needs more race practice.

 

[fhhuber]

By scheduling the pit stops all at the same time... they will be creating the perfect schedule for commercials. Run a few starting 5 min before pit stops, till just before pit stops... Watch the action in the pits, because that can get interesting...then just after everyone is done with pits there's a couple of laps with no action... perfect commercial time so people have to watch those in order to be sure and see the restart (most likely time for a crash is restart + 1 to 2 laps)

Yep.. anyone dong a green flag pit when they have scheduled pit stops every 20 min (about 3/4 tank of gas) is going to have issues.

In a way it will be safer because the entry to pit road will be after the whole pack has slowed behind the pace car and they'll be going back on the track with the cars all slow too.
But it really messes with the value of a fast pit crew.

 

[GA_Boater]

There should be no commercials between yellows, Are we watching a race or almost non-stop commercials?

 

[fhhuber]

There should be no commercials between yellows, Are we watching a race or almost non-stop commercials?

Look at the hoods of the cars... it is one nonstop commercial.

 

[GA_Boater]

Look at the hoods of the cars... it is one nonstop commercial.

At least the hoods are going fast.

 

[WIMUSKY]

Never thought about the commercials.... If they do have them, that should kill off the truck viewership.... NASCAR is digging their own grave.....

 

[MTboatguy]

Never thought about the commercials.... If they do have them, that should kill off the truck viewership.... NASCAR is digging their own grave.....

Unfortunately for the most part, I believe they have already dug their grave, I think they are just waiting for someone to throw dirt in their face, reminds me of what Indy car went through a few years ago!

 

[WIMUSKY]

Unfortunately for the most part, I believe they have already dug their grave, I think they are just waiting for someone to throw dirt in their face, reminds me of what Indy car went through a few years ago!

I completely agree.... They could only ride the "empty seats because of the economy" bus for so long........

 

[GA_Boater]

I wonder if the proposed charters and acceptance of the RTA are to put off an owner challenge and split. It's happened before in racing.

Tony George was successful wresting control of open wheel racing from CART and IRL ended up absorbing the remnants of CART. And why did the IRL split? Because Cart was headed more and more to road/street races and away from ovals. Now IndyCar only runs a third of its races on ovals. :facepalm: