NASCAR fans

**snaggeltooth** · 10-22-2006, 04:40 PM

Montoya and now Steve Wallace [Rustys son] will race for Felix next year ,,, Think we will see them up front ???

**Marc 85Z28** · 10-22-2006, 05:50 PM

To predict their success all you need to do is look at IROC. In a stock car environment, open wheel racers rarely do well. Sure they're good drivers and have tons of talent, but even running a 3400lb low tech dino in circles can be humbling... They'll need to learn new skills like drafting, and "moving" other cars out of the way. And they won't have the "nannies" like traction control and ABS to mask their shortcomings. Hopefully it will prove once and for all driving in circles is MUCH harder than it looks

**snaggeltooth** · 10-22-2006, 05:55 PM

kinda true..but look at Tony Stewart that is where he come from..Montoya did very well at Talladega in the ARCA cars , I think he came in second , ...He is going to race at Texas with the Bush boys...

**Marc 85Z28** · 10-23-2006, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by snaggeltooth

kinda true..but look at Tony Stewart that is where he come from..

Tony Stewart DID NOT start in open wheel racing.

**jacobyb** · 10-23-2006, 08:17 PM

Did anyone here catch "Trading Paint" on the speed channel about 3 years ago? Montoya drove Jeff Gordon's Cup car around the Indy road course and was lapping within a second of Gordon's best time after only a handful of laps. We all know Gordon is extremely good on road courses. Montoya is going to be a serious problem for the "veterans."

**astyles** · 10-23-2006, 08:17 PM

i think we may see some good from montoya if the boys all play nice with him

**Marc 85Z28** · 10-23-2006, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by jacobyb

Montoya drove Jeff Gordon's Cup car around the Indy road course and was lapping within a second of Gordon's best time after only a handful of laps.

NASCAR is not a time trial. There are other cars involved. How often does the pole winner actually take first place?

**snaggeltooth** · 10-24-2006, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by Marc 85Z28

Tony Stewart DID NOT start in open wheel racing.

Realy, then why does he race Sprint cars and used to race the Indy 500???

**GOT1GOAT** · 10-24-2006, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by Marc 85Z28

Tony Stewart DID NOT start in open wheel racing.

Tony did start out in open wheel from go karts to sprints to IRL to busch to cup cars. In 1997 I got to watch the inagural IRL race at Dover Downes in DE. and he set the track speed record .

**snaggeltooth** · 10-24-2006, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by GOT1GOAT

Tony did start out in open wheel from go karts to sprints to IRL to busch to cup cars. In 1997 I got to watch the inagural IRL race at Dover Downes in DE. and he set the track speed record .

**jacobyb** · 10-24-2006, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by Marc 85Z28

NASCAR is not a time trial. There are other cars involved. How often does the pole winner actually take first place?

Give me a break. The arguement is that he is not going to be able to deal with a super-heavy "low-tech" Cup car. He has more then proven his ability to race competitively in CART and F1. He is also well known for being easy on cars from a mechanical standpoint and also for being fast in a less then top-teir car.

I am not dissing NASCAR. Far from it. I think most of those drivers are insanely talented. Like in the top 1% of drivers on this planet. What I am doing is saying that Montoya is just that good.