Comments on: Formula 1 vs. NASCAR

By: Junior

Junior — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:02:55 +0000

I agree with Chris 100%… the two are very different. I love both, although I did grow up in Brazil and used to be up early in the morning to watch Nelson Piquet and later Ayrton Senna… I think we should just take both for what they are and appreciate their differences.

By: JRT2

JRT2 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:24:04 +0000

“there is ON comparison” LOL

Seriously, as an engineer I very much wish F1 would step up. As a red-blooded fan of actual racing, it’s clear that they haven’t. Sigh.

By: tom

tom — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:17:41 +0000

nascar owns f1 gay

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:03:55 +0000

The two really are very different, the only real similarity is that they have four wheels and they run on asphalt. It’s almost like comparing American footbal to Football/Soccer. Sure they both have balls and the object is to get the ball to the other end but the differences are huge.

Formula 1 is far more technical and there is a lot more engineering involved in the cars themselves and thus becomes much more of a team sport because the cars themselves are substantially different from each team. NASCAR, as far as I understand, the cars are all very similiar therefore there is much more emphasise on the drivers performance.

Aero dynamics play a much bigger role in F1 than in NASCAR. Also, cost is a huge difference, to fund an average F1 team one would need anywhere from 120 - 280 million, where an average NASCAR team costs less than 30 million to fund.

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:28:56 +0000

Compairing F-1 Racing to of bunch of in-breds just won’t do. There is on comparison.

By: Alex Ezell

Alex Ezell — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:02:37 +0000

This reminds me of trying to explain to a bunch of Brits what “caddy-wompus” meant. I knew then that I should just come on back to Georgia.