F1 driver Kimi Räikkönen to the NASCAR

[Masherbrum]

I love the "ovals are boring" crowd. They would rather watch a car run at a fraction of it's speed twisting and turning for a hundred miles or so than a car running flat out on the edge over 500 miles. How are you going to run continuous top speed unless you make the track oval? I'd love to see a NASCAR race from Reno to Vegas, but it ain't gonna happen.

Don't get me wrong, road racing is fun but most tracks are too confined and the speeds too slow. As stated earlier it's all about blocking and follow the leader. Indy is where both worlds meet. Unfortunately, that series is run by idiots.

Rally and Off Road are great with the toughest racing out there, driver and car are pushed to the edge in harsh conditions. I watch WRC when I get the chance and never miss anything on Baja.

NASCRAP is run by idiots as well.   Restrictor plates bunch cars together.  Yellow flag thrown for the slightest things.   

Ovals ARE boring rpm.   I've driven on MIS a few times when I was a lead test driver for Roush last year.   You take a 427R up to 178 mph and see how much easier a banked track is. 

[SlapShot]

Slapshot, you seem to underestimate Kimi.

I agree there is a high chance he will fail, but Kimi is just to chillaxed to scream like a girl with cars around him at 190 mph. I think he doesn't care really

You may be right, but I don't think so. Going into a corner at close to 200 mph 3-wide with your car on the razors edge of staying on the track or getting loose has to be a pucker moment for anybody ... including the veteran NASCAR drivers, never mind a new NASCAR driver.

[icepac]

I'll bet Jacques Villeneuve would be good in nascar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5VOe11hzoo

[rpm]

NASCRAP is run by idiots as well.   Restrictor plates bunch cars together.  Yellow flag thrown for the slightest things.   

Ovals ARE boring rpm.   I've driven on MIS a few times when I was a lead test driver for Roush last year.   You take a 427R up to 178 mph and see how much easier a banked track is. 

You'll get no argument from me on NASCAR's constant reinterpretation of the rules. I hate restrictor plate racing and think there has to be a better way to run at Daytona and Talladega. There will be a race run late this season with McLaren ECU's & fuel injection. Hopefully it's a sign of things to come. 

IMHO, ovals are a necessity until something better comes along, like a Reno to Vegas race or a full Nürburgring style 4 lane track. I highly doubt we'll ever see either.

[DrDea]

I'll bet Jacques Villeneuve would be good in nascar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5VOe11hzoo

That wasnt even close to slideways.

[icepac]

Pretty sideways for not lifting on the most dangerous corner in auto racing.

[fd ski]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaH8A95Ixas

[DrDea]

 It seems he has signed to drive one of the trucks for Kyle Busch. First race is at Charlotte. At least he knows enough to start at the bottom. Should be fun to watch.

http://www.nascar.com/news/110402/kraikkonen-kybusch-kbm-deal/index.html

[DrDea]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaH8A95Ixas

Those guys were going at it

[moot]

Piquet & Senna Hungary '86

[Masherbrum]

Piquet & Senna Hungary '86

Saw em in person with Lauda, Prost and Mansell in 85/86 at the Detroit Grand Prix's.  

[icepac]

Who said they don't bang in F1?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIXtLt0AlKE

[rpm]

It seems he has signed to drive one of the trucks for Kyle Busch. First race is at Charlotte. At least he knows enough to start at the bottom. Should be fun to watch.

http://www.nascar.com/news/110402/kraikkonen-kybusch-kbm-deal/index.html

He will have to run an ARCA race before he can get his NASCAR license.

[DrDea]

You sure about that? I dont recall Stewart,Montoya or Danica having to do that.

[Masherbrum]

He will have to run an ARCA race before he can get his NASCAR license.

Negative as far as I know.    Brett Bodine heads up a "committee" that will review "applicants" (in this case, Räikkönen).   After this phase they are allowed entry into NASCAR.    This is the way I understood at a couple of "track days" at MIS last year.