NASCAR - Shut Up About the COT
Since there's little interesting news going on in NASCAR at the moment (since the Chase is just about over), we now have people jumping on the "Car of Tomorrow is Butt Ugly" bandwagon. Today, The Sporting News' writer Lee Spencer posted a column stating the new car should be called a Bastardmobile. A couple of weeks ago, Jeff Gordon was whining about how the car looked as well.
Here's what Spencer wrote: "With its funky splitter on the front end and the carbon fiber wing off the rear, the COT is butt-ugly. NASCAR spent five years developing the car and apparently spent no time on its appearance."
"The car is so ugly NASCAR hardly endeared itself to diecast car manufacturers with this model — with the exception of cost. Every car looks identical to the rest, so diecast producers can implement a one-size-fits-all and simply slap on stickers in the appropriate places. Isn't that what they do for IROC cars?"
I'm sorry. I guess I missed it when the current cars looked really cool. News flash to Ms. Lee: like the COT, the current cars ALL LOOK ALIKE, TOO! The only silly difference on the cars today are fake headlight and taillight stickers and small grille differences. So don't come up with some BS that the COT is any worse. In fact, the COT actually looks more like a race car, as opposed to the ridiculous form NASCAR rides have now.
Just about every other series you look at - ALMS, DTM, Speed GT, Grand Am, etc. - all use production based cars; and all of them employ the use of splitters and rear, adjustable wings. Just because the COT dosn't look like some Billy Bob spiffed up his Oldsmobile doesn't make the new model look bad. The only thing NASCAR cars have in common with their street-based cousins today is that they have 4 wheels and a motor. The rest is a generic shell underneath. At least most other race series use the actual cars they're based on.
So, let's just get off this assinine idea that the COT is ugly and NASCAR should start from scratch. The idea is to build a SAFER car that performs more like a race car than a 2-ton brick with wheels. With all the sponsor graphics n these cars, who's going to notice the difference anyway?
Hey, look at the bright side. Now NASCAR rides might appeal to all those morons out there with non-functional wings and splitters on their Honda Civics.
Here's what Spencer wrote: "With its funky splitter on the front end and the carbon fiber wing off the rear, the COT is butt-ugly. NASCAR spent five years developing the car and apparently spent no time on its appearance."
"The car is so ugly NASCAR hardly endeared itself to diecast car manufacturers with this model — with the exception of cost. Every car looks identical to the rest, so diecast producers can implement a one-size-fits-all and simply slap on stickers in the appropriate places. Isn't that what they do for IROC cars?"
I'm sorry. I guess I missed it when the current cars looked really cool. News flash to Ms. Lee: like the COT, the current cars ALL LOOK ALIKE, TOO! The only silly difference on the cars today are fake headlight and taillight stickers and small grille differences. So don't come up with some BS that the COT is any worse. In fact, the COT actually looks more like a race car, as opposed to the ridiculous form NASCAR rides have now.
Just about every other series you look at - ALMS, DTM, Speed GT, Grand Am, etc. - all use production based cars; and all of them employ the use of splitters and rear, adjustable wings. Just because the COT dosn't look like some Billy Bob spiffed up his Oldsmobile doesn't make the new model look bad. The only thing NASCAR cars have in common with their street-based cousins today is that they have 4 wheels and a motor. The rest is a generic shell underneath. At least most other race series use the actual cars they're based on.
So, let's just get off this assinine idea that the COT is ugly and NASCAR should start from scratch. The idea is to build a SAFER car that performs more like a race car than a 2-ton brick with wheels. With all the sponsor graphics n these cars, who's going to notice the difference anyway?
Hey, look at the bright side. Now NASCAR rides might appeal to all those morons out there with non-functional wings and splitters on their Honda Civics.
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