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Topic Started: Aug 11 2005, 11:28 AM (50 Views)
Kamikaze
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Go Hendrick Motorsports!
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I'm watching the race from last year and Dave Byrns reporter on the car of tomorrow and said that it was possible we might see it sometime in 2005 to 2006. Well, he mentioned maybe a RP race and we have one yet to be ran and we haven't heard much about the new car yet. Discuss.
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Too hot to handle.. too cold to hold... ohhhhhh yeahhhhh!!!
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Mark60
Aug 11 2005, 12:28 PM
I'm watching the race from last year and Dave Byrns reporter on the car of tomorrow and said that it was possible we might see it sometime in 2005 to 2006. Well, he mentioned maybe a RP race and we have one yet to be ran and we haven't heard much about the new car yet. Discuss.

they tested it last year and it didnt go any where close to as planned so it was pushed back
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Kamikaze
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Oh. Damn, I'm hoping that it will slow the cars down so that we have better racing. That's what I'm REALLY hoping for.
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http://www.thatsracin.com/mld/thatsracin/12358115.htm[/url]

'Car of Tomorrow’ is (almost) here today

By JOHN STURBIN

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

FORT WORTH, Texas – Attention, citizens of NASCAR Nation. I have seen the Car of Tomorrow, if only for a few minutes as pictured on a well-worn, 8x11-inch sheet of white paper. And I can tell you that NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow bears a striking resemblance to a car of the recent past.
We'll get to that shortly. This unexpected "spy shot" sighting of the aforementioned sheet of paper was produced courtesy of Brian France, NASCAR's chairman and CEO.

It appeared in truly impromptu fashion, during a roundtable between France and about a half-dozen reporters covering last weekend's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

France had covered a variety of topics when he was asked about his biggest area(s) of concern for NASCAR as it barrels toward, say, 2010.

First, France said NASCAR needed to keep its diversity initiatives for drivers, crewmen and owners "going in the right direction."

"And then we have this never-ending issue with safety and competition," France said. "The Car of Tomorrow is here and on the track and in the wind tunnel."

For those not up to speed, the Car of Tomorrow is a long-term project to develop a stock car that would transfer the key components of today's car and combine them with all the safety developments, competition initiatives and cost-containment features in place or scheduled for the future.

It's been one of the prime, ongoing projects that began life at the NASCAR Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C.

"I've got a picture here," said France, rising from his seat inside the NASCAR hauler and reaching into the pocket of his sports coat.

He pulled out a folded piece of paper and then knelt on one knee before the group. We looked down to see a front-view shot of two stock cars, in primer paint, parked side-by-side inside a garage.

"Here is the Car of Tomorrow," said France, pointing to the car on the left. "Here is an existing car."

The existing car is a recent Nextel Cup Pontiac Grand Prix, a model no longer raced by General Motors but easily identifiable by its split mesh grille. Interestingly, the Car of Tomorrow reminded me of a Pontiac Grand Prix, circa 1993-1995.

"Look how much higher that sits," said France, pointing to the Car of Tomorrow. "Look at how much more room in the cockpit. But what you can't see are all the various things inside the car that couldn't occur in the (current)chassis. This car (Car of Tomorrow) goes through the air like a brick. This (Pontiac)is a swept-back, slick-looking car."

The sheet also had a profile of the Car of Tomorrow – which didn't look radically different from the slab-sided panels typical of this generation of Cup cars. However, there was no view of the rear fascia, deck lid, spoiler or window "greenhouse" areas, curious omissions at the least.

"So, that's where we're headed," France continued. "Better safety, less aero-dependency and better racing. This will be helpful for us to (put) racing back the way it was more like 10 or 15 years ago, where this whole aero-dependency thing isn't what it is. You probably will see that when this car gets back on the track."

When will that be? France said while the Car of Tomorrow has been track-tested at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Daytona International Speedway and Richmond International Raceway, it remains one of NASCAR's infamous "works in progress."

"We're trying to cycle through all the equipment that exists today, as much of it as possible," France said, another curious statement considering that Ford and GM recently unveiled their respective 2006 Fusion and Chevrolet Monte Carlo models.

"I think you're going to see (the Car of Tomorrow) arrive in '07," France said. "I don't know if it'll be the entire season of '07 or most of the season, but that's our goal."

Be advised, however, that NASCAR's original plan for the Car of Tomorrow launched in the spring of 2004 was to phase it in for competition late in the 2005 season, or early 2006.

"I don't know how many versions we're at, but it's getting more firm," France said. "And there were a lot of people, including our teams, who didn't think we were serious about that. 'This Car of Tomorrow ... it sounds like it's never going to get there.' But it is going to get there. ..."

I know. I've seen it.

Citizens of NASCAR Nation, attention. And think 1993-1995 Pontiac Grand Prix
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