Reply #21: no one else mandates cars like NASCAR [View All]

[northzax]

the regulations in NASCAR are the strictest of any motor sport (which is why innovations don't come out of the sport like they do from F1. F1, you will recall, gave us the debut of clutchless transmissions, anti-lock brakes, carbon fiber brakes, electronic fuel injection, and others. NASCAR wants it to be about the drivers, not the cars. the illusion they want to maintain is that you can go down to your local chevy dealer and buy a car like Jeff Gordon's (does he drive a chevy?) which is absurd.) still, the drivers matter more in NASCAR than in other series.