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Author Topic: Craziest Pass EVER in NASCAR  (Read 7772 times)

Offline Jericoke

Craziest Pass EVER in NASCAR
« on: October 31, 2022, 08:43:16 PM »
Ross Chastain needed a top 4 finish to keep in the championship hunt.  Going into the last corner of the race he had the speed to pass, but wouldn't have been able to keep control.  That's when he realized there was a curved wall that would keep his car pointed in the right direction while he made his pass.  He drove along the safety wall, destroying his car, to make the required passes and keep his season alive.




Offline lkjohnson1950

Re: Craziest Pass EVER in NASCAR
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2022, 10:18:37 PM »
Used to be at Darlington, all the cars rode the guardrail out of turn 4. It was an ordinary steel guardrail and you had to lean on it to be competitive. They built the cars to do it and at the end of the race they all had tha "Darlington Stripe" down the right side.
Lonny

Online cosworth151

Re: Craziest Pass EVER in NASCAR
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2022, 02:40:31 PM »
That was what NASCAR racing was like back when it was worth watching! I doubt he even hurt the car all that much. Remember, those are body-on-frame cars. All the body panels do is keep the outside out & the inside in.

We'd just grab the tin snips, pop riveter, some sheet metal & Bear Bond out of the truck & be ready for the next race of the night. We did the patch below between a heat race and the feature at Atomic Speedway one night way back when. I don't know about the plastic slot car bodies NASCAR uses now
“You can search the world over for the finer things, but you won't find a match for the American road and the creatures that live on it.”
― Bob Dylan

Offline lkjohnson1950

Re: Craziest Pass EVER in NASCAR
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2022, 01:34:14 AM »
I tried to watch the recent Talladega race and it was pathetic. No pit strategy scrambled restarts, points awarded every few laps. Bleah!.
Lonny

 


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