What are the technical limitations that prevents NASCAR from using a
rain "slick" tire during these ever increasing rain-impacted weathe
like F1 employs?

On Oct 17, 7:44*pm, chr... (AT) iwon (DOT) com wrote:
You want them to race on "slick" rain tires on an oval with laps as
fasts as 190 mph? How long have you been following racing?

chrise (AT) iwon (DOT) com wrote in news:335523ae-12f6-47fb-b84a-
076a7a22d1ef (AT) v37g2000prg (DOT) googlegroups.com:

Lack of runoff area. As you're no doubt aware from watching
F1 "wet" races, the drivers tend to depart from the racing
surface a fair bit. Since they're going relatively slowly they
usually just cross some grass (or maybe a paved runoff area
or access road) and rejoin the track. On an oval with a wall
to the outside, that's not possible.

John

<chrise (AT) iwon (DOT) com> wrote in message
What are the technical limitations that prevents NASCAR from using arain
"slick" tire during these ever increasing rain-impacted weather like F1
employs?<<<<<<<<<<


Even if they could do that, 100,000 people don't want to sit outside in the
rain to watch.


--
JerryD(upstateNY)

On Oct 17, 6:44 pm, chr... (AT) iwon (DOT) com wrote:
I was watching some F1 qualifying last weekend,
and I had to laugh as I saw those $250k+ cars
spin coming out of a turn and disintegrate upon
hitting the wall. Asinine!

-Rick

Rick <pearl (AT) cray (DOT) com> wrote in news:9c6ea6b7-8432-44ab-a160-
fbdf68edf95d (AT) l35g2000vba (DOT) googlegroups.com:

Well, better the car should disintegrate than the driver.
You're short by a "0" in your estimate of the car's cost,
btw.

John