# Crazy NASCAR move **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** racing-auto-boat\ **Created:** [November 1, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-nascar-move/974141 "2022-11-01T13:34:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-nascar-move/974141/21 "2022-11-02T13:34:01Z")
Is it against any rule to modify the car’s exterior to take advantage of this? ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-nascar-move/974141/22 "2022-11-02T14:21:56Z")
NASCAR is a spec series now so they can’t modify the cars at all really. NASCAR fans are generally a lot more tolerant of shenanigans than I am. I see a well-executed bump-and-run for instance and it just looks like cheating to me, but it’s part of the NASCAR culture that I just don’t understand. So to me, this sort of thing should be an instant DQ for safety and cost concerns (teams shouldn’t feel like they have to destroy their car on the last lap in order to be competitive at certain tracks), but it was wildly popular so I’m sure nothing will happen. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-nascar-move/974141/23 "2022-11-02T14:29:58Z")
I wonder how many Gs he was pulling. I know NASCAR doesn’t have the same grip as F1 but it must have been pretty intense. Probably couldn’t have pulled it off before HANS devices were invented (pure speculation). ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-nascar-move/974141/24 "2022-11-02T15:00:22Z")
> [@Tride](#): > > I wonder how many Gs he was pulling. The claim is a little over 5g. > ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-nascar-move/974141/25 "2022-11-02T16:49:27Z")
Wow–someone quantified it! That’s a lot of force. The days of the out-of-shape racer are definitely gone. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-nascar-move/974141/26 "2023-01-31T22:47:19Z")
And now it’s banned. > **[NASCAR bans drivers from replicating Ross Chastain's Martinsville wall ride](https://sports.yahoo.com/nascar-bans-drivers-from-replicating-ross-chastains-martinsville-wall-ride-202219175.html)** > > Chastain qualified for the championship race with his epic Martinsville move and posted the fastest Cup lap in track history. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-nascar-move/974141/27 "2023-01-31T23:37:03Z")
Wow, that’s kind of a vanilla ban on most of NASCAR’s tactics when applied broadly enough, isn’t it? > [@](#): > > any violations deemed to compromise the safety of an event or otherwise pose a dangerous risk to the safety of competitors, officials, spectators or others are treated with the highest degree of seriousness. Safety violations will be handed on a case-by-case basis. That seems like it’d obviate most of the senior Earnhardt’s career. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-nascar-move/974141.md?page=1)