Does NASCAR need rain tyres?
Discussion
dpbird90 said:
Munter said:
They have enough trouble avoiding each other in the dry. Can you imagine the spray within an oval, and with the lower grip etc. I suspect it'd rapidly become the "last man standing" type race to decide the winner.
That sounds pretty interesting...
With the money in NASCAR today they should design ovals with better drainage and I think that the cars should run with wet weather tyres and wipers. If the fans pay the drivers and NASCAR should deliver. F1 races, IRL races, DTM, Le Mans all drive unless the weather is dreadful, so why not NASCAR.
They did try to run in the wet on a circuit track a couple of years back. Some had a single wiper, one ended up using a sponge on the end of a stick when his wiper failed.
They are finally about to start this weekends race from Texas Motor Speedway that was rained off on Saturday and Sunday. On channel 190 on Sky if you want to watch. Fastest oval that they race at.
They are finally about to start this weekends race from Texas Motor Speedway that was rained off on Saturday and Sunday. On channel 190 on Sky if you want to watch. Fastest oval that they race at.
LoudV8 said:
Logie said:
Sure they have tested wet tyres, cant remember the crap excuse though why they dont run them. They seemed to work fine, just think its the speed around corners = big accidents
They seem to manage that quite well in the dry...dpbird90 said:
LoudV8 said:
Logie said:
Sure they have tested wet tyres, cant remember the crap excuse though why they dont run them. They seemed to work fine, just think its the speed around corners = big accidents
They seem to manage that quite well in the dry...belleair302 said:
With the money in NASCAR today they should design ovals with better drainage and I think that the cars should run with wet weather tyres and wipers. If the fans pay the drivers and NASCAR should deliver. F1 races, IRL races, DTM, Le Mans all drive unless the weather is dreadful, so why not NASCAR.
I'd love to hear your theory on this. Perhaps more of a crown on the surface?As said above, the racing is too close and the spray would be too much. There are less reference points for a driver to rely on in low visibility and the speeds are too high to go ploughing into someone you didnt see until you hit him. Plus there is no run-off for cars to spin onto to be out of the way etc etc
Texas may have higher rainfall in May than the rest of the year, but how does that compare with the rest of the South's rainfall in May? Probably still drier than most.
I would suggest that the only way it could be run safely would be at speeds that simply arent worth watching. Ive heard it said by the commentators that if you could stand alongside a NASCAR mid corner, simply pushing the inside rear 1/4 panel with your hand would be enough to spin it out. Im not sure thats going to fit well when you take 20-30% of the grip away.
Edited by 308mate on Tuesday 20th April 16:43
The reason they don't run rain tyres is that the corners are usually more steeply banked than the straights. Because of this the corners will dry out faster than the straights making for wet/dry/wet/dry laps meaning wet tyres overheat and become useless and dry tyres make the cars slip off the roads. At least that's what I've been told in the past.
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