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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? :)
To be clear that wasn't just stupid. It took a lot of work to get into a place where it's worth having a go, and a heaping measure of luck to pull it off.
Is there some specific advantage gained irl by hugging the wall like this? I can’t tell from the video what he achieved by it.
Do you see how fast he is going compared to the other cars? They are going as fast as they can without losing grip and spinning out as they go round the corner. He has the wall supporting him around the corner and could floor the accelerator in top gear.
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…
And yet you know his name.
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
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>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.
Exactly. I have, as of a moment ago, read exactly one article about javelin throwing in my life, and it was about that guy and the throwing technique he invented.
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Does Nascar disallow mounting a few luggage wheels on the right side of your car? :)
It probably would violate the external profile standards, even if the regulators wouldn't understand the purpose on first seeing it.
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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
A bit like Michael Guerra? I haven't checked, but if his trick didn't get banned... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Iz7ZMALaCY