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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.10.2009 - 5:35 pm
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First Winston West race at Sears Point


  2.   AnonymousEFR posted:
  02.03.2013 - 9:41 pm
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Bill Baker suffered a fatal heart attack just after practice concluded.


  3.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.17.2016 - 11:58 am
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*This was not the first West race at Sonoma although it was the first
race here in nine years.

Jimmy Insolo starts 19th but charges through the field to lead the most
laps and score the win in the West series' return to Sears Point.
Insolo's 19th-place start remains the furthest back any winner has
started at Sonoma as of 2015. (He was so good in 1978 he must have just
had some qualifying issue that led to that bad start)

This race came right after a race on the dirt at Ascot Park. How weird
to go from a dirt oval to a paved road course in the span of two races.

R.I.P. Bill Baker


  4.   Alex posted:
  01.17.2016 - 12:23 pm
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It's not odd, really. It's a testament to the variety of tracks on the
schedule, and keep in mind that the West regs were the Winston Cup's!


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.18.2016 - 8:15 pm
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The variety of tracks stock car series run is why they'll always be my
favorite category of auto racing. Somehow I can't picture F1 at Eldora,
IndyCar at Talladega, or the World of Outlaws at Watkins Glen but stock
cars can run almost everywhere and put on a good show...excepting some
street circuits that are literally too tight for the stockers to make
the turns (Monaco comes to mind).

I miss when Winston Cup, Winston West, and ARCA all used the same rules,
give or take a few adjustments.


  6.   Tylor Thaber posted:
  01.18.2016 - 9:30 pm
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@5 Actually, stock cars can run some really tight street circuits. Take
a look at the V8 Thunder Cars in Denmark, they run a street circuit in
Copenhagen that is tighter than MACAU at a few points.


  7.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.18.2016 - 10:28 pm
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I knew Trans-Am did street course racing but admittedly I didn't know
about the Copenhagen circuit (DTM in Helsinki, yes. V8 Thunder Cars,
no). Those cars look like they corner on a dime.

I know you can do Monaco in a full-bodied race car, the BMW ProCars
raced there, but those were sports cars not stock cars.


  8.   nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted:
  01.19.2016 - 2:58 am
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For me the best street road race track ever in a NASCAR competition is
the GP3R at Trois-Rivieres, Québec. All NCATS races each year was very
funny and competitive with a lot of drama.


  9.   Tylor Thaber posted:
  01.19.2016 - 6:59 am
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZTxIOffQv4 Here we go, found the video
of DTC through the streets of Copenhagen for anyone that's interested.
It is part of a Historics festival.

@7 Porsche Supercup still runs Monaco if I recall correctly. Those
things corner very well though.

@8 Trois Rivieres is amazing. It's also entertaining to watch the
support events. They range from Quebec-based late models to the Canadian
Touring Car Championship under the lights.


  10.   Scott B posted:
  01.22.2016 - 5:49 pm
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Bobby Allison, Benny Parsons and David Pearson run a West series race
and don't lead a single lap combined. Unpredictable.


  11.   zuel660 posted:
  08.07.2019 - 7:20 am
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Anyone know what model(s) of Pontiacs were being used in this race?


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