Well a few nights ago i watched a movie on E4 (days of thunder) to do with daytoor/nascar (wasnt paying much attention) im just interested if anyone who was seen this movie and is a fan of this sport is that realy what its like with all the ramming etc?

Rubbing's racing!

NO. Ramming is considered to be extreme unsportsmanlike behaviour in NASCAR, and what actually goes on in the track has nothing to do with what happens in Days of Thunder. What DOES happen is bump-drafting, which is something totally different. In bump-drafting, the car behind "pushes" the car in front with its front bumper, so that both cars can travel faster along a straight. Doing the same thing on a turn is dangerous, so the car behind will usually back off just enough to avoid contact, and wait until both are on a straight again.

Another technique utilised by NASCAR drivers is the "bump and run", which consists in the car behind tapping the rear end of the car in front so it gets lifted off momentarily, normally during a turn. The driver of the car in front will need to make corrections and will thus lose speed, making it so that overtaking is much easier for the trailing car. It is seen as dirty, unethical driving, though. With the new COT cars, this maneuvre has become a lot more difficult to do, as the COTs have a lower rear end and a higher front bumper.

However, outright ramming like in Days of Thunder is not acceptable, and even punishable.

Quote from jimaxx :

Well a few nights ago i watched a movie on E4 (days of thunder) to do with daytoor/nascar (wasnt paying much attention) im just interested if anyone who was seen this movie and is a fan of this sport is that realy what its like with all the ramming etc?

I think you're referring to Daytona, which is a city in Florida that has a Superspeedway. (Hosts Daytona 500 and Pepsi 400)

For the record.. that movie was rubbish.

Quote from MAGGOT :

I think you're referring to Daytona, which is a city in Florida that has a Superspeedway. (Hosts Daytona 500 and Pepsi 400)

For the record.. that movie was rubbish.

Ahah thought id got it wrong, And yeah it wasnt to good >.< Cheers i was just interested

Quote from Aiden McGeady :

NO. Ramming is considered to be extreme unsportsmanlike behaviour in NASCAR, and what actually goes on in the track has nothing to do with what happens in Days of Thunder. What DOES happen is bump-drafting, which is something totally different. In bump-drafting, the car behind "pushes" the car in front with its front bumper, so that both cars can travel faster along a straight. Doing the same thing on a turn is dangerous, so the car behind will usually back off just enough to avoid contact, and wait until both are on a straight again.

Another technique utilised by NASCAR drivers is the "bump and run", which consists in the car behind tapping the rear end of the car in front so it gets lifted off momentarily, normally during a turn. The driver of the car in front will need to make corrections and will thus lose speed, making it so that overtaking is much easier for the trailing car. It is seen as dirty, unethical driving, though. With the new COT cars, this maneuvre has become a lot more difficult to do, as the COTs have a lower rear end and a higher front bumper.

However, outright ramming like in Days of Thunder is not acceptable, and even punishable.

Exactly

If the movie was real life, Cole Trickle, Rowdy Burns, and Russ Wheeler would all lose their license in their first race.

Also, that ending of the movie, if that was a real crash Trickle would have been out of the race immediately (there's no way he could have hit the wall like that and STILL keep on going like nothing happened). I've hit the wall far less harder than Trickle did in Daytona and it usually took me out.

Also, if your suspension is wrecked there's no way you can "fix" it in like 5 seconds as Trickle's pit crew did in the final race.

and the fact that he drove through the entire wreckage each time was phony. Normally if there's a giant wreck before you and you're last, you just stop the car and let the wreck clear up in front of you. Since the yellow (or red) would stop the field anyway there's no reason to rush through the entire wreck. (but then again Days of Thunder didnt have any much yellows either so that was stupid)

They instated the rule where the field is frozen when the yellow comes out only a couple years ago; back when the movie was made you were green until you crossed the S/F line, so drivers did barrel through large wrecks all the time. That's one of the reasons it was changed.

I prefer NASCARGOT myself

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_CUFEnZeeYw

days of thunder is so cheesy that i have it on DVD and watch it from time to time for a good laugh. i'm a pretty big nascar fan but the racing in days of thunder is NOTHING like actual racing.

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They instated the rule where the field is frozen when the yellow comes out only a couple years ago; back when the movie was made you were green until you crossed the S/F line, so drivers did barrel through large wrecks all the time. That's one of the reasons it was changed.

That was my mistake. I forgot the movie was made in 1990

Quote from UncleBenny :

days of thunder is so cheesy that i have it on DVD and watch it from time to time for a good laugh. i'm a pretty big nascar fan but the racing in days of thunder is NOTHING like actual racing.

Agreed. I saw u in CTRA a couple of times and I really like your retro stock car skin

Quote from lizardfolk :

Agreed. I saw u in CTRA a couple of times and I really like your retro stock car skin

hah thanks, i use it for the LOTA street stock cup

Days of Thunder was terrible as far as i remember, and i watch NASCAR. One thing i hated was that Tom Cruise was in it, and he probably can't see over the steering wheel.

OMG, the snails. ROFL.

For what it's worth, I have an Alan Kulwicki skin for a couple cars saved in LFSworld. I'm not sure how to make them publicly available, and they're not on my HD any more. I also have A-Team skins for the hatch-backs.

If anyone knows how to do it, feel free to use them if you wish.