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Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy
The only major exterior parts that separate cars in the major NASCAR series are the nose, tail, hood, decklid, and side window shape (Headlight stickers don't count). Over half of the templates they use are the same for all three makes.
I wouldn't even think about saying that every driver in a Nextel Cup race has a chance of winning. Only the drivers that have billionair team owners have a shot at winning. So many good drivers are out there that just don't have good equipment to race with. NASCAR keeps trying to change rules to make it cheaper to race, but the guys with the largest R&D budgets will win 95% of the time.
The only true "driver" series are things like IROC - identical cars, all prepared by the same group of people. The drivers don't even know what car they will be driving until raceday. Of course, NASCAR stars win that most of the time bacause the cars are similar to Nextel Cup cars, and they run on the same tracks. Open wheel and dirt track guys that get invited rarely perform well, because they are not in a familier environment.
- Justin
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the last IROC was a different format, wasn't it? i remember it being like one big circle track or road-track race with all the same cars......and now they had an indoor event, with different cars being used. one race featured two Ferrari 360 Modenas, another had two rally cars, etc.