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by pauline on February 17th, 2007

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What is the difference between Busch and Nextel car races?

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  • by canadianhelper on February 17th, 2007

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    First...note this has been asked before:
    http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/327


    Quoting Carl Edwards:

    Well, the biggest difference from a driving standpoint is the Busch cars have a little less horsepower, because of the carburetor. The spoilers are shorter on the Busch cars so that kind of helps with stability. The Busch cars do have a shorter wheel base, that being from front to rear, and that makes them a little bit more responsive to driver input so they aren't quite as inherently stable. The fuel cells, I think, are only different on the speedways. I think the biggest change in the Busch car for a driver is driving through the corner; you feel a lot more stable then you do in a Cup car.

    http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/5374564

    For a chart comparison (2006) look here:
    http://fasttracksracing.com/Tech/nextel_cup_vs.htm

    From Enquirer:
    But to the people who drive the cars and to the series they represent, there is plenty of difference between Nextel Cup and the Busch Series.

    For starters, the average purse for a race in Nextel Cup, NASCAR's premier series, is $6.1 million after 14 races. That's $4.6 million more than the average for the Busch Series, the second-tier stock car circuit that includes several Nextel Cup drivers who compete for well-financed teams.

    "If you look at the amount of money right now the Busch teams are spending, we're at the race track the same amount of time as the Cup guys," Busch driver Stacy Compton said. "But it pays more to just start a Cup race than it does to win a Busch race."

    In some cases, Compton is right. On May 14, Kyle Busch collected a $54,380 paycheck for winning the Busch race at Richmond International Speedway. The next day, Randy LaJoie completed 36 laps in the Cup race at Richmond, finished last and took home $55,651.

    The smaller payouts in the Busch Series are a reflection of the cheaper cost to advertisers, who might be more willing to sponsor a Busch car than a Cup car.

    "Right now the sport needs the Busch series because Nextel Cup is so expensive," Compton said. "There's not a lot of $20 million sponsors laying around."

    On the track, drivers who race in both series notice the minor variations between the two cars.

    "The biggest difference is the Busch car doesn't have near as much power," said Greg Biffle who will race in both series this weekend, at Kentucky and Michigan. "The wheel base is shorter, so it handles a lot different, and there's some aerodynamic differences."

    "The Busch cars actually corner a little bit better," said Michael Waltrip, who competes in both series full time. "The same setup that works in a Cup car sometimes works in a Busch car, but sometimes you have to depart from that. A lot of times we'll start with the same setup exactly."

    http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/06/19/spt_sptspeed1c.html

    Basic Difference

    Horse power
    Busch 600hp Cup 800hp
    Weight
    Busch 3100lbs Cup 3150lbs
    Wheel base
    Busch 108" Cup 110"

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