1970 Cup car vs 2024 Cup car

[JB400]

Even though this is just a sim, I thought it'd be cool to see how this race would turn out in real life. I think it'd take more than two laps for the Superbird to overtake the new car

[Sgt Superbird]

 

[b5blue]

Not to mention there is not one "stock" part on the new car. (So how is it NA "S" CAR?) 

[69rtse4spd]

 

[KurtfromLaQuinta]

Even though this is just a sim, I thought it'd be cool to see how this race would turn out in real life. I think it'd take more than two laps for the Superbird to overtake the new car

And the sound is terrible.

[KWampus]

I had the opportunity to interview Richard P back round 1987-88 at the Talladega race
I asked about the wing things vs current race cars at the time.
Richard told me a wing thing would beat the the nascar car of those times and with the better engine technolgy it would be even faster than 1970. The wing cars made a good driver better and allowed the car to pick a fast line on the track the other cars could not handle.

Jr Johnson was interviewed by playboy magazine iirc properly - still looking for the interview  ca 1980's and Jr said a good whisky car was faster than the current race cars of those times.....

[Aero426]

The wing car has more frontal area than the current Cup car.   Ditto on a much more upright windshield.   it's a lot more car to push through the wind. It is also 600 pounds heavier. It's got a lot less tire in terms of size.  The 1970 engine configuration was maxed out at a little over 600 HP unrestricted on the best days.    The current Cup car is restricted to 510 at Daytona.   The wing car will still handle great.   Take the restrictor off the current Cup car, and it will blow the wing car into the weeds.

     

[KurtfromLaQuinta]

And we have this without the sandbagging...