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Nascar driver stuns to qualify for championship with GameCube move

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Re: Nascar driver stuns to qualify for championship with GameCube move

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Post by z9znz »

Someone wrote: post #5
QuadmasterXLII wrote: post #2

Of all the forms of immortality, my favorite is participating in a competition in such a brilliant, incorrect way that a rule is permanently added just for you.

It’s not likely that will make you immortal. Being forbidden, your technique will not be used, so your name won’t be mentioned, and it will be forgotten (You might get famous if your technique keeps getting used by accident) For example, there’s “Félix Erausquín”, who invented a javelin throwing technique you probably never heard of. http://rethinkingathletics.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-javelin-... : However the true r…

I'm sorry, I really did try to read your link. But I laughed too much at this:

"came with the work of Dick Held (brother of the world recordman Bud Held) who introduced first the hollow-wood javelins"

Really, it doesn't matter how you throw your dagger as long as you hit the target.

Re: Nascar driver stuns to qualify for championship with GameCube move

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Post by jansan »

QuadmasterXLII wrote: post #2

Of all the forms of immortality, my favorite is participating in a competition in such a brilliant, incorrect way that a rule is permanently added just for you.

David Berkoff's underwater dolphin kick is such an example.

Even better is the Fosbury flop, which was just accepted as a superior technique and no rules were adjusted.

Re: Nascar driver stuns to qualify for championship with GameCube move

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Post by z9znz »

nradov wrote: post #28
mcv wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If this means you can take the corner faster, why not just do it all the time and make sure the side of your car is strong enough to withstand it?

It's not possible to build a car that strong under Nascar rules. The cars are mostly standardized with only minor differences allowed between teams.

Does Nascar disallow mounting a few luggage wheels on the right side of your car? :)

Re: Nascar driver stuns to qualify for championship with GameCube move

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Post by londons_explore »

mcv wrote: post #23
dan_pixelflow wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was the last corner of the last lap - hugging the wall damages your car but because he didn't actually need to tap the brakes he just kept on going, round the wall faster than the others.

If this means you can take the corner faster, why not just do it all the time and make sure the side of your car is strong enough to withstand it?

You could even put two little extra wheels on the door handles...

Re: Nascar driver stuns to qualify for championship with GameCube move

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Post by inasio »

QuadmasterXLII wrote: post #2

Of all the forms of immortality, my favorite is participating in a competition in such a brilliant, incorrect way that a rule is permanently added just for you.

Agree! Reminds me of swimmers going underwater for most of the backstroke event in the Seoul Olympics [0]

[0] https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/when-the-backstro...

Re: Nascar driver stuns to qualify for championship with GameCube move

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Post by djmips »

dsfyu404ed wrote: post #7
Someone wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s not likely that will make you immortal. Being forbidden, your technique will not be used, so your name won’t be mentioned, and it will be forgotten (You might get famous if your technique keeps getting used by accident) For example, there’s “Félix Erausquín”, who invented a javelin throwing technique you probably never heard of. http://rethinkingathletics.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-javelin-... : However the true r…

>For example, there’s “Félix Erausquín”, who invented a javelin throwing technique you probably never heard of. But who's infinitely more known than his contemporaries who didn't do some interesting footnote-worthy thing like that and therefore get mentioned far less.

Talk about disproving your point with an example made to support your point!

I bet most do not know any of the javelin winners from this last Olympics or any historical greats but now we know the awesome Félix Erausquín!

Re: Nascar driver stuns to qualify for championship with GameCube move

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Post by eCa »

QuadmasterXLII wrote: post #2

Of all the forms of immortality, my favorite is participating in a competition in such a brilliant, incorrect way that a rule is permanently added just for you.

My favourite of these is probably Graeme Obree[1] who managed to get not one, but two very different bike positions banned in the ’90s after setting the hour record using one of them and winning the world championship using the other.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_Obree

Re: Nascar driver stuns to qualify for championship with GameCube move

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Post by moron4hire »

z9znz wrote: post #26

That's cute, but I suspect that kind of boldly foolish move would not be the kind of thing a team would appreciate, since it implies they can never count on what their driver will do. It was basically a Happy Gilmore hockey golf swing (which outperforms a regular golf swing when it works, but unfortunately is enough less reliable that it's not worth doing).

In his interview after the race, he mentioned talking about it with the crew and they decided together to do it.

Re: Nascar driver stuns to qualify for championship with GameCube move

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Post by nradov »

z9znz wrote: post #33
nradov wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not possible to build a car that strong under Nascar rules. The cars are mostly standardized with only minor differences allowed between teams.

Does Nascar disallow mounting a few luggage wheels on the right side of your car? :)

Ha ha, but seriously that wouldn't pass the pre-race template inspection.
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