Wow, that article is from way back in June of last year. Here's a link to an update.
http://www.nascar.com/news/110118/ch...013/index.html
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Originally Posted by Z28 Autobot
This is VERY SIMPLE! Even the people are NASCAR can comprehend it.
You want similarities? Hows this. NASCAR provides the frame of the car thats it. Since its poncar size and configuration you have something on the long hood short trunklid shape just like all the cars they talked about..
SO the tube frame is set.
Now you ship it to the Chevy NASCAR team they have the same fiberglass type of bodies BUT they are shaped like the Camaro.
Now you ship it to the Ford NASCAR team they have the same fiberglass type of bodies BUT they are shaped like the Mustang.
Now you ship it to the Dodge NASCAR team they have the same fiberglass type of bodies BUT they are shaped like the Challenger.
you throw your sponsors engine in it and your ready to go!!!
Is this SO HARD???
NO it is not. Teams use Chevy or Ford or Dodge for the advantages. Not trying to make them so similar that stickers are the only thing that you can tell they are not the same car.
NASCAR..DO IT!
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You are
way over simplifying it. Even a drag coefficient difference of 0.01 between cars will have a huge impact on racing at 200mph. Nobody wants to see a runaway winner every single race.