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Originally posted by pwd72s
NASCAR knows how to make a "road race" car. Hate to clue the snobs here, but there is a LOT of automotive know-how around Charlotte, N.C. Lemans? A funny tale from back in the stone age. NASCAR's Woods Bros. were asked if they'd be interested in running a pit for a Lemans entry. They responded in the positive, then asked the pay. They had a good laugh, and decided against Lemans. I think it would be VERY interesting if NASCAR skills were used to build a speedway style car for entry in Lemans. You'll note that it's the pro drivers from the ALMS series who are trying to make it as a Nextel Cup driver, not the other way around. The money talks...
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the main reason you see other drivers wanting to go to nascar is simple...that is where the action is right now. i suppose the fact that both open wheel racing and endurance racing are fragmented by quazi nascar factions against the traditional ones has a big influence there. That is again the reason that you see the talent there too...The IRL/Champ car split killed open wheel here...the ALMS/Grand am (BTW OWNED BY NASCAR) killed endurance racing leaving no real competitor to Nascar. Indy cars were untill the late 90's way more popular than nascar, endurance cars were even bigger till IMSA folded in the 90's. it is nascar's turn on the mantle...and they are already on the way down...tv ratings are even showing it, they killed speedvision and made that into SPEED(nascarvision) ...people are pissed at that and hopefully will have the feds on them for anti trust issues (that will come sooner than later) for their systematic way of eliminating the competition.