Why do we use the word stock car to describe the car that Nascar races?
June 18, 2010 by
Filed under nascar
I understand that there are no interchangable parts between an Impala SS that I can buy off of a GM dealership and the Impala SS that is used in Nascar racing except the name.
I don’t get it! The one at the dealership is by the way stock!
The early days of stock-car racing really did use ’stock’ cars from the dealer’s lots. This was the beginning of Nascar.
After a while racers started modifying their stock cars for more speed, and eventually Nascar was set up to provide rules for how much modification was acceptable (and fair).
At least that Impala SS sort of ‘looks’ like something you could buy from your local Chevy dealer (as opposed to a Formula 1 race car).
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Actually you can but not feasable. The only thing “stock” on NASCAR cars are the engine block. My dream is to build a street legal Jeff Gordon “Nicorette” car like this guy did with the pepsi. Click the link, no joke.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJzHTfk4esE
Originally they used “stock” off the salesfloor cars
cuz they used to just go to the store and buy a car to race
That’s its the way it evolved since the days they ran moon shine.
In the beginning the cars raced were called pure stock.In 1949 Bill Fances Organization NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for STOCK CAR AUTOMOBILE RACING,thus the name was coined stockcar, since the cars were built from stock that was purchased from the manufacturer.This was true thru early 70’s when the cars were downed sized.
Banjo Mathews developed a way to fabricate the cars from sheet metal with the hood – green house- and rear dec being stock.As the 90’s rolled in the rolled sheetmetal was replacing the factory parts.
Today stockcar is the only stock item left from the original stockcar.
It’s just a name. Get over it.
Because Nascar is an acronym for the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. And you can go buy the engine block as a stock part.
Why are some people so anal about that? That’s what I don’t get.
I read on another site that some lawyer wanted to sue them to change the name. Huh?!!??
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I’m just giving you some suggestion’s for your next question.