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Subject: There should be temporary ban on auto sports

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Posted by: ANinjaGuardian
Some of the fuels are up around 103 Octane, which would destroy most engines. I know some Porsches and Audis can run them with a few mods

  • 11.27.2012 6:36 PM PDT

You better close this sig when your done.

Have you ever actually been to a race and experienced the cars roaring by you? If not, then you have no idea how freakin' awesome it is.

Motorsports need to stay.

  • 11.27.2012 6:37 PM PDT

Geez Max, Hot Topic without posts other than the OP?

  • 11.27.2012 6:37 PM PDT

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Geez Max, Hot Topic without posts other than the OP?
He abandoned ship

  • 11.27.2012 6:38 PM PDT

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Posted by: The Parasite
Have you ever actually been to a race and experienced the cars roaring by you? If not, then you have no idea how freakin' awesome it is.

Motorsports need to stay.
I agree, but they should be driving smart cars.

  • 11.27.2012 6:39 PM PDT
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Posted by: MadMax888
With gas prices rising and supply dwindling, do we really need to watch people race around a track for hours at a time? We shouldn't we wasting gas on such trivial things, and instead using it to power our cars so we can get to work. Until we have viable alternative energy sources for cars, we should take a break from auto sports.

Agree? Disagree?

First: How much gas does NASCAR use? How much gas do all racing sports combined use? Is that gas fit for standard consumer engines?

  • 11.27.2012 6:40 PM PDT

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Is that gas fit for standard consumer engines?


No

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Its not like they get free gas. They pay for it just like we do lol.

  • 11.27.2012 6:41 PM PDT

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Posted by: The Parasite
Have you ever actually been to a race and experienced the cars roaring by you? If not, then you have no idea how freakin' awesome it is.

Motorsports need to stay.
I agree, but they should be driving smart cars.
I know the LMP1 uses biofuel and diesel in most of their classes

  • 11.27.2012 6:41 PM PDT

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NASmartCAR

  • 11.27.2012 6:42 PM PDT

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I would hate to see a crash in one of those, but then again, they do like 60 unless you chip them

  • 11.27.2012 6:42 PM PDT

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Well, they could fit more cars on the track.

  • 11.27.2012 6:44 PM PDT

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NASmartCAR

Well, they could fit more cars on the track.
Instead of refueling, the pit crew could just swap in a fresh battery pack.

  • 11.27.2012 6:45 PM PDT

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  • 11.27.2012 6:50 PM PDT


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NASmartCAR

Well, they could fit more cars on the track.
Instead of refueling, the pit crew could just swap in a fresh battery pack.

No, they have solar panels

drive

foreverrrrrrr

  • 11.27.2012 6:51 PM PDT

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What if the automobiles involved in these sports switch to fuel alternatives? There are several good alternatives to gasoline such as nitrogen or even recycled cooking oil. Maybe if the sporting companies involved started using these alternatives, they would gain more popularity, and possibly even give society the push they need to move onto a cheaper, cleaner source of fuel.

  • 11.27.2012 6:54 PM PDT

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Dunno, I know that the fuel F1 cars use can't be used in road cars though.

Diesel reving to 18,000rpm???

Normal fuel can be used in f1 cars, so i think it works the other way round.

  • 11.27.2012 6:59 PM PDT

Agreed, we have plenty of oil in the world, oil companies are just a bunch of greedy bastards.

And actually a lot of race cars run on alternative fuel. Indy Car and Le Mans Series cars run on bio-fuel/ethanol, and many companies are beginning to make their GT1 and GT2 cars electric/hybrid.
However Rally Series and NASCAR I believe run on race fuel, which is still a fossil fuel. So maybe you're right there, that or they should switch over like other race leagues. They don't seem to have a problem.

  • 11.27.2012 7:39 PM PDT

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Not sure if dumb... or trolling...

  • 11.27.2012 7:48 PM PDT

Welcome, welcome to city 17...

nope, I don't feel like giving up F1 and laguna seca

  • 11.27.2012 7:54 PM PDT

Muffins are just ugly cupcakes

I barely know anything about racing, but I doubt they use the same fuel as everyone else.

  • 11.27.2012 7:59 PM PDT

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  • 11.27.2012 8:01 PM PDT


Posted by: MadMax888
With gas prices rising and supply dwindling, do we really need to watch people race around a track for hours at a time? We shouldn't we wasting gas on such trivial things, and instead using it to power our cars so we can get to work. Until we have viable alternative energy sources for cars, we should take a break from auto sports.

Agree? Disagree?


Disagree.

Motorsports are used as a valuable Research and Development platform for car manufacturers. Tons of advancements on your road car came from the motor racing world. And almost all race cars are considered "hybrid" cars anyway.

They don't even use the same type of fuel so you're okay.

Please, just do a little bit of research before you post something silly like this.

And considering motorsports is planned field of work. Hell no. I love F1 and sports car racing.

[Edited on 11.27.2012 8:06 PM PST]

  • 11.27.2012 8:03 PM PDT

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Posted by: MadMax888
Let's ban all the things I don't like!


Fix'd.
It's not about liking or disliking auto sports, it's about the needless waste of a non-renewable resource.

  • 11.27.2012 8:06 PM PDT


Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: Egerspurge
Posted by: MadMax888
Let's ban all the things I don't like!


Fix'd.
It's not about liking or disliking auto sports, it's about the needless waste of a non-renewable resource.

It's not needless, as I just said. You just don't know anything about motorsports.

  • 11.27.2012 8:07 PM PDT

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