Thread: So Much for AWD
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Old 04-24-2013, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by ned2683 View Post
this is your opinion, NOT a fact. can you say Nascar is better than F1?



i agree that this is a fact, 4WD has dominated rally. I never argued this and carefully left my self an out for all rally and drag races where 4wd will have the advantage. its a moot point you are making here because nowadays all rally cars are 4WD. 4WD has advantage is bad weather and less than ideal conditions. so to get a good conclusion you would have to have a dumb team showing up with a RWD rally car and look at his sectional time in tarmac and compare it to its AWD rivals. obviously no team will do this because it will get eaten up on the dirt course. so you basically gave a OBVIOUS example here that no one argues against, and used it as the FINAL answer.

i have already shown that 4wd was tried in F1 and was not successful.



i draw my conclusion from my little racing experience, physics, and all the examples i have given (both autocross and track times of all the famous tracks). my challange still stand:

1. Provide to me a motorsport that all drivetrains can compete in where AWD dominates RWD (and FWD) - that is not rally and not drag racing
Most of the other series AWD is illegal. Can you name one where it is legal and not being used?
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