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  • Morgs153
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2020
    • 842

    #16
    The Jeff Gordon car was a good one to post. It was around that time that Big N was realizing they had a problem. The BGN cars were getting especially bad in the early 2000s. Big N has gone through a couple generations of car since that Gordon photo with the ugly Car Of Tomorrow, the generation after with common template composite bodies, and now the newest generation. They seen some problems and addressed them, for better or worse in some cases.

    The funny thing is that the bodies rules (or should we say,...suggestions) on dirt supers haven't really changed much in maybe twenty years.

    Big block mods of today do not look drastically different from where they were some twenty years ago, with the exception of the series that now let them use the enormous sail panels. They have had some stability in their rules packages concerning body work.

    The one thing I'll say about the photo of the skewed body on the super is that it puts the driver more toward the center of the car and away from the left side. There is a safety benefit to that.
    Political correctness,...is the inability to speak the truth about the obvious.

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    • 84wedge
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2020
      • 2088

      #17
      At this point Nike should start making chassis since they all look like a shoe

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      • Henry Every
        Senior Member
        • Apr 2023
        • 613

        #18
        To me it looks like the nose maker guys is dictating the rules to the series instead of the other way around... Same ole situation, no different than housing bubble, nobody wants to be the parent and tell somebody,"No you can't run that". We use to have a maximum distance from ground to body rule of 6 inches, but they quietly let that one go... They outlawed every suspension component your average joe could buy or come up with, but let the body go crazy. All those "gadgets" combined didn't drive the cost up like letting them go bonkers with aero does. Nothing will get fixed until it finally starts hurting the series pockets, When tracks can no longer draw enough cars to fill the field then things might start to change, but nobody I see that can actually make a difference even understands race cars. The top is dictating policy for itself with no regard to the base, just spend, spend, spend. Well with the economic downturn thats coming, I seriously doubt much racing will be left for many years, perhaps more than a decade.
        "In the Republic of Mediocrity, Genius is Dangerous." - Robert Green Ingersoll

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        • chathamracefan
          Senior Member
          • May 2007
          • 1032

          #19
          It would be more tolerable if it hadn't completely turned the sport into a follow the leader snoozer on virtually all tracks bigger than a 3/8. Especially the hallowed grounds of Eldora. There hasn't been a real good 100 lapper there since at least 2019. I don't count the Lucas Oil mickey mouse show last fall for the DTWC.

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          • bgood14
            Member
            • May 2007
            • 39

            #20
            As long as the stands are full for Lucas and Woo races nothing will change.

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            • over4T
              Senior Member
              • Feb 2015
              • 1085

              #21
              If that thing ran with our group I promise you it wouldn't look like that after the first one or two laps. We take "rubbin' is racing" seriously and a couple of reverse PIT maneuvers would take care of the problem in a hurry. Call it vigilante law.

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              • Mike
                Senior Member
                • May 2007
                • 1949

                #22
                We are about 15 years late on far enough with the bodies
                Mike
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                • Mike
                  Senior Member
                  • May 2007
                  • 1949

                  #23
                  Originally posted by bgood14 View Post
                  As long as the stands are full for Lucas and Woo races nothing will change.
                  I’ve been saying this for 12-15 years. Unfortunately my one man boycott hasn’t had an effect yet lol
                  Mike
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                  • Raceready
                    Senior Member
                    • Jun 2015
                    • 4737

                    #24
                    Originally posted by Mike View Post
                    We are about 15 years late on far enough with the bodies
                    That is way far behind of being "A day late and a dollar short" !

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                    • HoosierDirtFan
                      Senior Member
                      • Dec 2012
                      • 22186

                      #25
                      Todays cars are ugly as he!!
                      Nathan Stephens

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                      • jog49
                        Senior Member
                        • May 2007
                        • 2551

                        #26
                        RULE OF THUMB: If the car looks all bent up before the race, something's wrong!

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                        • Raceready
                          Senior Member
                          • Jun 2015
                          • 4737

                          #27
                          At this point they are nothing more than glorified modifieds with those grotesque looking bodies. Lets get back to where they have at lets some semblance of a real production car. The new Chevy Chevelle would make for a great looking car if they went back to the cars looking like they originally were intended to be.

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                          • Tireguy17
                            Senior Member
                            • Mar 2008
                            • 1156

                            #28
                            At the end of the interview, Shane says what a lot of us have been saying needs to be fixed 1st.

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                            • 84wedge
                              Senior Member
                              • Sep 2020
                              • 2088

                              #29
                              Originally posted by Tireguy17 View Post
                              At the end of the interview, Shane says what a lot of us have been saying needs to be fixed 1st. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/fNu...ibextid=WC7FNe
                              He's also right about street stock/thunder stock or whatever your track calls them. That's the best racing car you'll see.

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                              • LM1
                                Senior Member
                                • Jul 2015
                                • 328

                                #30
                                Last Friday during the SAS feature at Screven Bloomer said that if they made the nosepieces smaller it would take care of the entire aero advantage with the bodies nowadays.

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