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iceracer PowerDork
6/21/14 7:35 p.m.

Anybody watch the Nationwide race a road America in the rain ? Those guys did pretty good. Tagliani was the class of the field even though he finished second. Sam faded.

toad9977 Reader
6/21/14 8:30 p.m.

I forgot about the race but managed to catch the final restart. Can't believe Tagliani made up 20 positions in 2 laps...

oldsaw PowerDork
6/21/14 8:37 p.m.

I watched - for the most part. The drivers impressed but Nascar disappointed with their waffling. Was it really too wet for slicks or too dry for wets? If they're serious about road-course racing in the rain, bring enough tires to let the teams get some on-the-job experience, a real baptism under fire.

Lancer007 HalfDork
6/21/14 9:06 p.m.

I completely forgot about this race. Luckily espn is re-airing it tonight at 1am my time.

jimbbski HalfDork
6/22/14 8:38 a.m.

Tagliani's team did change over to slicks when he was pushed into the pits out of fuel. They didn't have anything to lose so why not? That's one big reason he was able to move up so quickly at the end of the race.

Graefin10 SuperDork
6/22/14 10:25 a.m.

Yeah, they kept running pace laps with what looked to be a nearly dry track. I guess it's because these guy in general just don't have the experience so NASCAR was afraid to turn them loose.

I know we've all see F1 drivers on slick on tracks much worse than that. One thing to remember though is that F1 also has intermediates for partially wet/dry tracks. Hopefully in time NASCAR will always prepare for wet running in N/wide an Cup.

wbjones UltimaDork
6/22/14 7:25 p.m.

and a lot more downforce … helps even in the rain

whenry New Reader
6/22/14 8:39 p.m.

If the tires are hot, you have much more stick than you would believe in a mist. I would rather be on slicks unless the rain is running across the track and puddling at the apex's. I think that the '95 ARRC was one of the few races I ever ran where it rained from start to beginning. Unfortunately I was on the front row in my RX3 against Chuck Mathis's GTi.

Lancer007 HalfDork
6/22/14 9:25 p.m.

In reply to Graefin10:

And a lot more weight being thrown around. Not really easy to corral 3500 lbs when it starts to get loose.

aussiesmg MegaDork
6/22/14 9:53 p.m.

Lancer007 wrote: In reply to Graefin10: And a lot more weight being thrown around. Not really easy to corral 3500 lbs when it starts to get loose.

Lancer007 HalfDork
6/22/14 10:55 p.m.

I would assume those have much more downforce than the Nextel cars do, and a larger bank of knowledge on car setups for road racing. But yeah, I over generalized a bit with that point.

fidelity101 Dork
6/23/14 8:50 a.m.

For a second I thought this thread was about that average book.

Wally GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/23/14 8:54 a.m.

aussiesmg wrote:
Lancer007 wrote: In reply to Graefin10: And a lot more weight being thrown around. Not really easy to corral 3500 lbs when it starts to get loose.

I would imagine driving those cars in a monsoon on slicks is one of the safer things you can do in Australia. There are probably no wildlife in there trying to kill you.

oldsaw PowerDork
6/23/14 11:18 a.m.

Wally wrote: I would imagine driving those cars in a monsoon on slicks is one of the safer things you can do in Australia. There are probably no wildlife in there trying to kill you.

Maybe, maybe not...