#nascar anon

[coldswarkids]

So, NASCAR expert, who you got in the Daytona 500 tomorrow?

ummm uhhhh luigi mangione .. is it over now?

[lost-your-memory]

heard the good news! congrats on the girlfriend, i wish you all the happiness in the world! NC x

Heeeyyyy thank you Nascar Anon! Don't be a stranger, I hope you're still thriving and happy and that life is good for you!

[ef-1]

yeah F1 is cool but imagine a driver gets shunted and he bodily rips off his rear wing (Which fucking says "Race Against CRIME") as he's being swarmed by officials

And he just yeets it at the guy who shunted him

[bisexualmcqueen]

I'm sorry if you already posted this, but this is about the details of the first cars movie, what was the car Pixar used for Lightning McQueen's sounds, bc I cannot for the life of me remember

ONE OF MY FAVORITEST TOPICS!!!!!!!!!!

so lightning, being a 2006 model/cars being in production in the early aughts, is based off of a gen4 NASCAR build. specifically a chevy monte-carlo of the early aughts, as seen in some of his early designwork:

[jogen klubein, 2000]

[bob pauley, 2002] [the art of cars]

some stats:

(from some sketchy assed 2000 website i wont link it but i do have it written down)

i used to swear up and down that there was a special feature that showed a few of the guys from skywalker sound recording one of the g4s (maybe a blue and white dodge??) at skywalker ranch in california (or at the airstrip with the other cars). it may have been an old interview or its on a blu-ray special feature somewhere, but i havent been able to find it. i either dreamt it up or its been lost?? no idea.

but what i have been able to find is some of the stock audio used in Cars. Supposedly this is work done by Ben Burtt at skywalker sound [lucasfilm] in the late 70's??: [link]

For NASCAR purposes, as far as i could tell their engines didnt change drastically from the 70s-2000's, so its not wholly inaccurate to use older clips.

a thing in my notes:

[mixonline. photo dead from link rot]

and now some examples of real-life mcqueens (an excuse to show you cool old stock cars) :

and a few various other references:

(note the flywheel sound we also hear in Cars!)

^video ive only skimmed so far but seems very informative.

and a few canon refs while im here:

[image mine, circa 2020. official 1:18 scale BANDAI replica with certificate of authenticity, approved by jay ward]

[time travel mater] (his carbon fiber cowl induction cover is very funny to me)

SO. to answer the question: its a mix of custom sound design and stock audio. its based in reality heavily, but i believe its also tuned for fiction/per character personality. i forget which interview said that it might be the mixonline one mentioned above or this old autoweek one. he's got something along the lines of partly SB2.2 and an R07. this does not mean pixar recorded specifically these motors, but prooobably something close.

and cars 3 pisses me off because they very clearly did not use any audio off of the g4s, which had a more specific screaming sound to them at high RPMs. COTR actually portrays his exhaust note more accurately than cars 3. Cars 2 is decent also, but the first film is chefs kiss.

i have more various unorganized lmq references but this ask is long enough now and probably doesnt make much sense because i am literally so amped about this topic. please note that this research is partly accurate and partly speculative/opinion. rejoice, mcqueens be upon ye.

[qweenofurheart]

dude your f1 ocs are awesome, idk how to put it but they feel very organic and well put together. also your art is so cool

thank you so much... 'organic' is how i'd like to approach making any character ^^

[liesmyth]

Oops, missed a close parenthesis in my last ask.)

F1!George Russell is a queer mood tbh (honestly my dad is a ftm mood but he's cis)

I'm into nascar! And before you make fun of turning left, I think you should watch a few races before doing so. It's different to F1 by a lot, for both watching and driving (much less g-force but much hotter cars (it's regularly 50C and above for 3-5 hours) and much smaller margins for error — inches from another car or the wall for hours at a time. And pit road dynamics are vastly different and very fun to watch. And for watching, when we're on ovals you can see a majority of the field at once, so you're never missing much unless your driver is always in the very back. Top 20 usually shows, and 20-30 are regularly visible at least in glimpses.

It also means that anyplace on the track for most races you have a good view irl)

I recommend a few races bc it is confusing at first, you can't really judge the quality of something without understanding it. Daytona, Pocono, and Talledega are staples, bc they have the most wrecks (we haven't had anyone die in the main series btw since 2001 (maybe 2000?) — I don't remember the other series. But nascar safety is robust and always evolving).

I really enjoy it xD unfortunately it's almost all cishet white xian men, but nascar is actively working to change that. We currently have a Black guy and an Asian guy fulltime in the main series. There's a lot more diversity coming up through the lower ranks though.

There's only one out lgb driver though, and he's struggled to get a ride. And it's frankly unsafe for anyone to be openly non-xian so I don't imagine we'll see *that* anytime soon (there's a *ton* of driver/fan interaction)

Okay i'm done talking done now 😂

Ok I'm taking notes THANK YOU FOR THIS NASCAR PROPAGANDA ANON. Genuinely I had no idea that there was an out driver (I can't imagine that happening in F1 in the foreseeable future) and racing every weekend at those temperatures sounds insane

to anyone reading this who's not into motorsports and just had to read "nobody has died in the main series since 2001" as a positive... yeah :/

[munsonology]

I feel like Eddie would start off at the Indy 500 and part of that scene before heading into Nascar or Formula 1. Invited Wayne to his first big race and Wayne goes thinking Eddie is in the pit (because Eddie does mechanic work well did before he got a name in racing). Wayne doesn't pay much attention to them fancy car races, he likes football. But of course he's gonna go and support his boy. Imagine his surprise when he sees Eddie's name on the big screen.

As soon as Eddie wins the race he gives him a hug but threatens him to never hide a secret like this again (he wouldn't want to find out Eddie got in an accident and had 0 clue about what Eddie was doing). Eddie jokes it wasn't a secret but agrees. Wayne is gifted a mug from every place Eddie races if Wayne can't go. Eddie gets Wayne to be part of his crew 😭

I love this so much!!! Eddie doesn’t ever wanna worry Wayne about anything. His pa has been through too much so keeping driving a secret from him is what’s best for now.

When they’d go out together he’d get stopped randomly and fans would want a pic with the Eddie ‘Munster’ Munson and Wayne is like ?? You’re a mechanic at midas 😭

Then he has to tell him and Wayne is so nervous because Eddie’s dad got caught up in street racing and that’s how he ended up in prison. But Wayne supports his son so he goes and he’s adamant about keeping Eddie on the straight and narrow. No funny business!

I actually wrote like one line for nascar!eddie I’m determined to actually finish something 😭

If we all start watching nascar because of this I’m gonna be so shook!!!

[slythereen]

Idk maybe i'm late to the discussion but from what i heard from people around me, people are mad at cheerleaders being there because (and this is not me hating on it i know it's an american thing) f1 is being americanized and that that is not necessarily a good thing for the sport (i'm not talking about the money thing, but about the fact that the focus should be on the racing and everything else is unnecessary? Like ive had (older generation) people tell me that even this whole music act thing (and the circus) is unnecessary? Like it's not a festival, it's not supposed to be coachella, people tune in for the race and the drivers)

not to worry the discussion was just me commentating into the void !!

but yes, that does seem like part of it. mainly i was seeing people upset by the sexism of it all (& “stepping backwards” after finally getting rid of grid girls and trying to boost f1 academy) which is what my original commentary was about. personally i don’t see cheerleaders as the pinnacle of misogyny (likely because i am used of american sports), which is why i have always been a bit confused about the outrage that got grid girls banned. same thing in my mind… though i guess, culturally, grid girls may have been treated differently than cheerleaders based exactly on that distinction. idk.

anyway: the “americanization” of f1 does seem to be a giant point of contention. i agree watching the podium placers walk out between the cheerleader lines was slightly hysterical because they looked so confused and it was just… excessive. i liked the pre-race show appearance, would have been happy to see them still doing some cheering near the podium, but the walk-out style a la miami being replicated here was A Bit Much.

i just don’t know how much this can really be blamed on american fans per se and how much it needs to be taken up with liberty media/f1… they seem to be driving the “entertainment” push & the american gps are giving them what they asked for and being actively encouraged (i believe) to go all out and “american” with it. in theory it’s kind of a genius PR move by f1/liberty because it means they can get the circus they want and tap into american viewership while simultaneously shifting the blame onto american fans/gps when/if things go over poorly abroad.

all that to say is i’m interested to see how this shakes out with next year’s calendar and the potential waning of american interest if the “mainstream” fans push to reduce american involvement. like, is liberty still going to try to push gp hosts to amp up the craziness anyway? will they abandon the project and just pass it off as a failed american experiment? are we going to see it backfire for f1 and see a migration from all the new american fans being pushed to indycar and nascar instead, since those are already “ours” (quote unquote) and more receptive to new viewership? inquiring minds (me) want to know

[theleakypen]

i want to send you another “challenge: outline a [fandom] fic based only on what you know from osmosis” prompt but unfortunately i am very sick right now and the only thing coming into my head is for some reason nascar rpf 😭😭

Anon I love you & I hope you feel better soon!

I have unfortunately absorbed very little nascar apart from knowing that my friend is into it and while I was trying to think of a fic outline my brain kept only giving me formula 1 stuff bc I have absorbed a little more f1 by osmosis than I have nascar

I'm literally reading a "what's the difference btwn nascar & f1" article right now so this is fascinating thank you for inspiring me to do this

<insert hold music>

Ok I'm back!

So bearing in mind that I have acquired zero blorbos in this fandom here's what I've got: rivals to lovers of drivers from different teams in 5+1 style following their races across the season. Idk maybe... 5 times A's car slammed B's into the track wall (because I have learned that touches are allowed in nascar) & 1 time B slammed A against a hotel wall? That feels like something that might be a satisfying read.

[coldswarkids]

Hypothetically, if you were a NASCAR driver... is there anyone you miss?

i miss my friends that i don't talk to any more, both because they're mad at me or because we just drifted :( i think about them all the time

[lost-your-memory]

i just saw that last anons message??? WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE TO BE SO FUCKING RUDE? I’ll fight them, and you deserve ALL the happiness in the entire world, you’re amazing and you’ve been my friend for YEARS now and i’m grateful NC x

Awww thank you NASCAR anon and don't worry, I think I know who it is, or at least who they are acting on behalf of. I don't care at all, they can keep coming at me I have a bunch of reaction gifs for them.

I call you a friend too, and I am grateful for you and all the inspiration you've provided over the years!

[swedishghostvoice28789]

NASCAR asks - TYLER REDDICK: Something you just got away with by the skin of your teeth.

Oooooooohhhh! Something I just barely got away with!

I would most certainly say starting my Tumblr account. My parents would have wanted me to use Instagram, but knowing the company that platform is owned and operated by, I told them if I ever got my way I would prefer using Tumblr over anything owned by Meta.

Thanks for asking!

[osaka-lilac]

New nascar fan here why do you tag Blaney posts with yrb?

great question!! one of his nicknames is young ryan blaney and frankly i think it works so well that i abbreviate it as yrb for his tag. i try to keep tags different and as much as its totally cool to just use ‘blaney’ as his tag, i like him too much to not give him a fun tag <3

[diechotome]

I really like your blog and you're such a cutie with a great taste in music!

thx bwo

[vro0m]

How is it stupid to acknowledge that men's bodies produce 20 times more testosterone than women, and on average have 60% more muscle mass than women? Wouldn't that benefit them when it comes to withstanding the G-forces in F1? i looked up Danica Patrick. And even though she is considered one of the most successful female drivers in motorsport, I was surprised to learn that she hasn't actually won a Nascar race. Aren't all the cars equal in that series? She did, however, win ONE race in IndyCar. So at least there's that.

I want to see a woman in F1, but if she has to exert more effort to achieve similar results to the men in the sport, is that really fair to her and the other drivers? I'm sure WNBA athletes would love to play in the NBA, as well, but the average points scored by the avg NBA player is 21, whereas the average points scored by the avg WNBA player is 14, so how would a woman fare in the NBA?

Sorry but you can't have it both ways. you can insist that F1 is such a physical sport, giving f1 drivers the credit of being athletes, but then make the argument that women would be equally matched with them in a physical sport. Makes no sense.

Anon I feel like I won't convince you so honestly I don't wanna really engage you but here are some ideas :

Look up women who've actually been in F1 instead of other series

Look up equality of opportunity in sports instead of relying on essentialist biology

Here are some sources you might wanna check out if you're actually honestly interested in the topic and not just out here being sexist : Jezebel article about why there aren't women in F1, Forbes article about the barriers to younger girls joining the sport, Autosport article about women who did race in F1, and there's much more out there for you to read and develop an educated opinion on the topic, I'm not gonna do all the work for you.

[valyrfia]

I think there should be more lestappen fics that have them racing outside of f1. Give me NASCAR lestappen. Demolition derby lestappen. 24h of le stappen. PROFESSIONAL KARTING LESTAPPEN. For two racing obsessed dudes there's gotta be more racing obsessed fics. the motorsports kink really should extend outside of f1.

(If any fic writers read this and decide to write NASCAR lestappen, you will have my eternal love)

24h of Le Stappen is inspired and I may be stealing that one. Thank you anon.

Also, I think for MotoGP AUs at least @gaslightgirlsummer would be your girl for that! But I agree, we need Lestappen AUs in more racing series. Put them in Indycar, put them in WEC, put them in NASCAR.