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Why NASCAR Legend Carl Edwards Walked Away at His Peak

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Mark Martin otkrio da do kraja godine izlazi knjiga o njegovoj karijeri, koju je licno spremio sa autorom.

Znaci nece biti jedna od onih biografija napisana na osnovu dostupnih informacija na internetu, vec je Martin licno ispricao.

Ranije sam slusao jedan njegov podcast na Spotify gde je imao posebnu epizodu za svaku sezonu u karijeri, bilo je dosta zanimljivo. Pricao je izmedju ostalog kako mu je Jack Roush dao sansu kada niko drugi nije hteo, kako veruje da je izgubio nekoliko titula jer Jack Roush nije hteo da potrosi novac na bolji pit tim, zatim odluka da vozi samo delimicnu sezonu, pa da se opet vrati trkanju za punu sezonu kada mu je Hendrick dao ponudu, itd. Mislim da je bilo 15-ak epizoda ili tako nesto.

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Where is the stock in stock cars?
What happened to homologation? We need some strong rules demanding that bodies and engines combinations be required to be able to buy on Monday. Sure it may be a sedan, but make it a 3.6 liter V6 since that’s what they actually have.
NASCAR has lost its way, we need to bring the stock back in stock car racing.

NASCAR hasn’t been meaningfully “stock” in the showroom sense since like the late 1960s. The idea that there was some golden era where you could just walk into a dealership and buy Richard Petty’s exact race car is romantic revisionism. Even in the supposed homologation heyday, teams were building purpose-built race cars that only vaguely resembled production models.

If you want to talk about true homologation, you’re really thinking more along the lines of something like the old Group A era in touring cars or modern GT3 racing - not NASCAR. And even those categories involve heavy modification. NASCAR evolved into a silhouette formula decades ago because it’s safer, more cost-controlled, and far more competitive.

Nascar lawsuit: Judge rules series controls stock car racing in big win for teams

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