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F1 cars tend to go round a few different types of corner as well ;-)

And F1 drivers need a special button so they don't speed on pit road. What's your point? They're different types of racing.

The point was that NASCAR only turns left, or so the joke goes.

http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/video/nascar-coach-reveals...

Except that they don't. NASCAR has had road courses for as long as I can remember.

F1 cars also cost a couple million dollars while a Nascar costs around 150k total. Another difference is that F1 cars are electronically limited to 18k RPM (they can easily go to 20k) and they have 7 gears. Nascar cars have 4 gears and top out at 9-10k RPM. There are so many other little details about F1 that make it technically marvelous. There are no vehicles in the world that can top the overall performance of an F1 car. (I'm also a fan, so I'm a little biased)

> There are no vehicles in the world that can top the overall performance of an F1 car.

The dragster folks might disagree.

I'm curious why you think that the number of gears is significant. My Crossfire has 6 - does that make it "better" than a Nascar COT? How about the cars with CVT (effectively infinite) - are they "better" than F1?

CVT is banned from F1, IIRC. Performance would definitely improve given CVTs.

Nonetheless, you're correct. It's just different. Each just has different requirements.

It is likely that the CoT actually costs around $250k but the R&D budget is reduced. NASCAR teams also build a lot of cars for a year.

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