In NASCAR does the amount of gas at pit stops determined by horsepower or horsepower determines amount of gas?
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The amount of gas is determined by the size of the tank.  At most tracks, it is 22 gallons, and 2 tracks, it is 13 gallons.  Horsepower has nothing to do with the amount of gas each car holds.  If you are asking about fuel mileage, that is a completely different answer and is determined by the individual cars and how each driver drives their car.
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Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt are 1 and 1a.  They both have seven titles.  They both dominated the sport.  If I have to pick one, I'd pick Earnhardt, he did it against better competition in my opinion, but honestly, I don't see how anyone could chose between the two.
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horsepower is a standard unit of measure.
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NASCAR, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, is the regulatory body of a number racing series; the three most popular tending to be Cup, Grand National, and Truck Series.\nEach Series (or division) has its own set of rules and regulations, including limits on vehicle and engine design. The common characteristics between series are the track design (usually an oval or "tri-oval" with a straight stretch of road where cars may "pit" for repairs, tires, and fuel), and colored flags displayed during the race: Green signified full speed racing, Yellow indicates a "Caution" period where no racing is allowed, Red a full stoppage, Black a penalty, White the final lap, and Checkered the end of the race.\nHowever, when most people talk about NASCAR, they are referring to the Cup Series, currently called NASCAR Nextel Cup (after the primary sponsor). Nextel Cup runs a 26 race regular season (plus an additional four races: the Budweiser Shootout, two Gatorade Duels, and the NASCAR Nextel All Star Challenge)that runs from February through September, during which drivers compete for points. Points are awarded for finishing position during the race, for leading a lap, and for leading the most laps during a race. Total points on the year determine your standing, and the Top 10 drivers (along with any drivers within 400 points of the leader) after the last regular-season race enter the 10-race Chase for the Nextel Cup. The leader's point total is reset to 5,050; and each following Chase driver is given 5 fewer points (5045, 5040, etc). \nAs of Race 8, drivers qualifying for the Chase are Matt Kenseth (driving the number 17 DeWalt Ford), Jimmie Johnson (48 Lowe's Chevy), Kasey Kahne (9 Dodge Dealers Dodge), Mark Martin (6 AAA Ford), Tony Stewart (20 Home Depot Chevy), Jeff Gordon (24 DuPont/Pepsi Chevy), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (8 Budweiser Chevy), Kevin Harvick (29 Reese's Chevy), Kyle Busch (5 Kellogg's Chevy), Casey Mears (42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge), Dale Jarrett (88 UPS Ford), Clint Bowyer (07 Jack Daniels Chevy), Jeff Burton (31 Cingular Wireless Chevy), Elliott Sadler (38 M&Ms Ford), Martin Truex Jr. (1 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Chevy), and Carl Edwards (99 Office Depot Ford). There are four additional drivers within 10 points of the Chase.\nThe Grand National or Busch Series is often thought of as the "minor leagues", and is promoted as a showcase for up and coming talent. The Craftsman Truck Series offers a unique racing experience.\nAs for Mark Martin, he's driven the Roush Racing #6 car with a variety of primary sponsors since 1988, but he's been driving Cup series since 1981. He currently drives the number 6 for Roush in all three major series (sponsored by AAA in Nextel, Ameriquest in Busch and Scott's Miracle-Gro in Crafstman Truck). Martin has never won the Cup champsionship, but has finished outside of the top ten in points only twice since 1988.
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Yours is a loaded question (as it appears Mr. Zondo is), but here's the abridged version:\n\n1) Pit stops times do not have a direct bearing on the outcome of the race, but is of great interest to the teams as .1 sec. extra on pit road can equal several hundred feet on the track and when races are decided by inches sometimes, you can see the difference. The over-the-wall crew consists of 2 tire changers, tire carrier, jackman, gasman and catch-can man. The ultimate benchmark is 4 new tires and 22 gallons of gas in under 14 seconds.\n2) The race is set at a certain length, say 500 miles. The first car to complete the 500 miles is the winner. \nConfidental to Zondo- One of these drivers will make more in one race than you will make in your 10 years of flipping burgers at BK.
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There are many factors that go into pit stops.  The two biggest are fuel and tires.  Many times if the race goes green teams will try to stretch their fuel milage.  In the Nextel Cup races the teams will pit on most cautions for tires but in the Busch races there is a tire restriction so there are fewer pit stops.  Other factors include track position and the number of remaining laps.  If you have good track position with only a few laps to go it would be foolish to pit and lose that track position.  Tire wear is also an issue.  At some tracks old tires can compete with new tires to an extent.  At other tracks tires are worn enough to lose their handling characteristics after only a few laps.  The length of the race is also key.  The longer the race, the more pit stops the teams require.  This is only a small list.  There are many other potential things that can cause the need for a pit stop so it is very hard to give a good answer.
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BHP is Brake Horsepower...It's the horsepower at the crankshaft if I'm not mistaken...\n\nWHP is Wheel Horsepower...It's the power that actually gets to the wheels
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The speed limit down pit road (not totally just put the commit line back farther) my poor boy Robby G. keeps gettin screwed by that rule!!!!!  I would also change it to limit the number of cars per team, those Roush buttheads win just cause they have more time on the track and can pool their findings, totally not fair for single or two car teams!!!!!
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It is really unknown because unlike many sports, NASCAR and it's teams do not release contract information. Recently a couple of lawsuits made a few drivers contracts public information. These contracts gave the driver a base salary, then incentives. I believe it was Kasey Kahne's contract where he got a base of $3 million, and if he won he would get 45% of the the teams winnings, 2-5th he'd get 40%, 6-10 he'd get 30% and anyhting else was 25%. There were other bonuses for winning big races like the Daytona 500 and the Championship. It is widely thought that even on a bad team that if you are signed and scheduled to compete for a full season the least base you will make is $1 million.
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dale would have had he not been wiped out in the last second but vickers took the checkered flag and kasey kahne came second!\n\nhere's the results:\n\nhttp://www.talladegasuperspeedway.com/news/track_news/527136.html
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for automobile\n\nFormulas for brake horsepower\nhorsepower = rpm x torque / 5252\ntorque = 5252 x horsepower / rpm\nbrake specific fuel consumption = fuel pounds per hour / brake horsepower\nbhp loss = elevation in feet / 1000 x 0.03 x bhp at sea level\n\nFormulas for indicated horsepower & torque\nhorsepower = mep x displcement x rpm / 792,00\ntorque = mep x displacement / 150.8\nmep = hp x 792,000 / displacement x rpm\nmep = hp x 792,000 / displacement x rpm\nmechanical efficiency = brake output / indocated output x 100\nfriction output = indicated output - brake output\ntaxable horsepower = bore2 x cylinders / 2.5 \n\nElectric Motor Horsepower Calculations, see http://www.bacharach-training.com/norm/electric.htm\n\nPrimer for understanding Horsepower, http://vettenet.org/torquehp.html
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engine power is given by,\n             Power = (2*П*N*T)/60  , W\nwhere, \n                N = speed of the engine,rpm\n                 T = torque = F * r, N-m\n                 F=Force,N\n                 r = radius of the brake drum,N\n                 \n If you want power in horse power,\n                   H.p = power( in W)/746
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NASCAR wanted to standardize the size of the fields and after some trial and error, settled on a field consisting of 36 qualifiers with six provisionals that could be used by the regular drivers. That's a total of 42 cars. \nThe story about the odd car, the 43rd starter, began about twelve years ago when Darrell Waltrip was having trouble making the starting lineup. NASCAR created a Champions Provisional to help get Waltrip into the field. In fact it could be used to help any present or ex-champion but recently was used for other drivers, if a Champions Provisional wasn't used. It goes to the car owner with the highest points that didn't qualify on speed.
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Dale Earnhardt was better at his peak on the oval tracks that dominate NASCAR.  Jeff Gordon's background in open wheel cars on road courses makes him dominant on road course tracks like Watkins Glen.
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In stock car racing, we've been using 110 octane leaded fuel. Our guys have been buying it in 55 gallon drums for  $248.50, or about $4.50 a gallon, plus shipping to the track. \n\nNASCAR is now moving to an unleaded racing fuel.\n\nDepending on the track, NASCAR stock cars get between 4 and 6 mpg. Yeah, not great, I know. Still, we do have (as one friend put it) an interesting way of turning money into noise.\n\nThe impact racing has on the rest of the world's gas/oil is quite minimal in relation to the needs of the many, it's just higher-profile.
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That means HP purely from the engine, no forced induction, etc!!! Naturally aspirated, or N/A.\nIt DOES NOT mean it's a stock car. I can have an insanely tuned car that is still all motor, but has no forced induction, which can come in many forms like air from turbo/super, or nitrous shots... etc. Tho some don't consider nitrous as violating the "all motor" rule.
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They get tires depending on the length of the race. Lowe's got more because they had a new fuel cell and they repaved so drivers got more harder tires.