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    Nascar rule book

    While looking for the 2008 rule book..
    Which they wont make public ..bad Nascar.. unless your a driver,car owner and have 400 bananas to boot I came across this

    Found this at The Philadelphia Daily News site in Feb 2001:
    NASCAR drivers who have been killed on tracks since 1952, including the setting, location and the date:
    Larry Mann, race, Langhorne, Pa., Sept. 14, 1952
    Frank Arford, qualifying, Langhorne, Pa., race, June 20, 1953
    Lou Figaro, race, North Wilkesboro, N.C., Oct. 25, 1954
    John McVitty, qualifying, Langhorne, Pa., April 21, 1956
    Clint McHugh, qualifying, LeHi, Ark., June 9, 1956
    Thomas "Cotton" Priddy, race, LeHi, Ark., June 10, 1956
    Bobby Myers, race, Darlington, S.C., Sept. 2, 1957
    Gwynn Staley, race, Richmond, Va., March 23, 1958
    Joe Weatherly, race, Riverside, Jan. 19, 1964
    Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, race, Charlotte, N.C., July 2, 1964
    Jimmy Pardue, tire test, Daytona Beach, Fla., Sept. 22, 1964
    Billy Wade, tire test, Daytona Beach, Fla., Jan. 5, 1965
    Buren Skeen, race, Darlington, S.C., Sept. 13, 1965
    Harold Kite, race, Charlotte, N.C., Oct. 17, 1965
    Billy Foster, practice, Riverside, Calif., Jan. 20, 1967
    Talmadge Prince, qualifying, Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 19, 1970
    Friday Hassler, qualifying, Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 17, 1972
    Larry Smith, race, Talladega, Ala., Aug. 12, 1973
    Tiny Lund, race, Talladega, Ala., Aug. 17, 1975
    Ricky Knotts, qualifying, Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 14, 1980
    Terry Schoonover, race, Atlanta, Nov. 11, 1985
    Rick Baldwin, qualifying (died in 1997), Michigan, June 16, 1986
    Bruce Jacobi, qualifying (died four years after crash), Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 4, 1987
    Grant Adcox, race, Atlanta, Nov. 19, 1989
    J.D. McDuffie, race, Watkins Glen, N.Y., Aug. 11, 1991
    Clifford Allison, BGN practice, Brooklyn, Mich., Aug. 13, 1992
    Neil Bonnett, practice, Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 11, 1994
    Rodney Orr, qualifying, Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 14, 1994
    John Nemechek, truck race injuries, Homestead, Fla., March 21, 1997
    Adam Petty, BGN practice, Loudon, N.H., May 12, 2000
    Kenny Irwin, practice, Loudon, N.H., July 7, 2000
    Tony Roper, truck race, Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 14, 2000
    Dale Earnhardt, Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 18, 2001

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    Well at my track the rules are at Home for all to see. Only problem is nobody dares to enforce them, might piss somebody off and they won't race there anymore. So it gets kind of interesting, it's all about cheating if you want to do well. I'm not into that any more, once was enough.
    Anyway, we don't have a list of all the racing deaths there, since we haven't had any. Some medical disasters have happened, we lost a Legends racer just last summer to a heart attack in the pits. Kind of ruined our racing evening.
    NASCAR just isn't what it used to be for some reason. I used to be a huge fan of it, but can't stay awake through a race anymore!

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    Nascar

    Same way here, nascar is just plain ole boring to me now. I like watching the sprint cars, funny cars, 4x4 racing, pinks, heck even the motocross or old monster jams are pretty sweet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jeff denton View Post
    NASCAR just isn't what it used to be for some reason. I used to be a huge fan of it, but can't stay awake through a race anymore!
    Jeff, I'm sure you remember the phrase, "Race on Sunday, Sell on Monday". That's when NASCAR used to race honest to goodness "stock" cars. But today, even with all the safety requirements, you cannot go to the showroom floor and buy what you saw racing. Just how many of those cars are FWD? When that's all there is in the showroom. How many cars come stock with a fully tubular chassis. And, how many have fiberglass bodies? Stock car racing, it isn't anymore!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by namba209 View Post
    ...Just how many of those cars are FWD? When that's all there is in the showroom...
    One of the things I like about the direction Pontiac is taking is a return to RWD. My next sedan is going to be a G8 in part because it is a RWD sporty car that can also get the family around town. As far as NASCAR, I've never been a fan - it's downright boring (IMHO). The only reason I know anything about it is because my wife met Greg Biffle many years ago so we check to see how he is doing now and then. I did like the cool figure-eight track races they used to run (I recall watching them when I was kid). Lots more crashes that way!
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    Quote Originally Posted by wattiefan View Post
    Same way here, nascar is just plain ole boring to me now. I like watching the sprint cars,
    Before I move on to another world ..I would like to be behind the steering wheel of a 700+ alky burning sprint car. If I die before I wake strap my sorry butt on the rear wing so that I can feel the left front tire off of the ground. dirt only please
    Last edited by wrench459; 03-19-2008 at 11:43 PM.

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