Perhaps that most determined group of drivers that compete in the Indy 500 and CocaCola 600 on the same day each year are best qualified to answer your question. It might be interesting to see if any of them have chronicled their day in an article.

 

f1 has power steering...thats all im sayin

 

So do NASCAR cars.

F1 drivers seem to have better reaction times, but manhandling a 3000lb+, ill handling car isn't a walk in the park either. I did a ride along at the KY speedway a few years ago. There are no words to describe how it feels to be headed into a turn at 180mph, then feel the driver dive to the bottom of the track for the turn. The whole time centrifugal force is doing it's best to pull the car up to the wall at the top of the turn, which looks like it's 4 stories high.

I remember Dr. Jerry Punch(yes, he is really an MD)doing medical exam on Ricky Rudd after a summer race in Martinsville. Rudd gave his victory lane speech from the prone position.

Who is better? Tough question. Montoya took to Jeff Gordons car much faster than Jeff took to Montoyas Williams F1 car. Plus Montoya usually is pretty competitive, running near the front in most races. He had the Brickyard won last year, except for his pit road speeding violation.

But Montoya is an anomaly. He wins in everything he races. CART champion, Indy 500 champion, 8 time F1 GP winner(I think Monaco was one)and he's won a NASCAR road race.

 

WRC drivers beat them both. All the same challenges, plus changing their own tires and dealing with all sorts of weather and road conditions.

 

Love F1, love WRC.

You should check out Australian V8 Supercar racing.

And though I know there is no doubt about the talent in the series,

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Nascar.

 

You should check out Australian V8 Supercar racing.

Australian V8 Supercar is great! I think the best part about that and WRC and all of the various touring car series is that they really do start with everyday cars. Sure, the WRC C5 is in a completely different class from a showroom C5, but it started off as a showroom C5. There's a real connection between the race car and the road car. None of this Nascar everyone has the same chassis, but some guys have Toyota stickers and others have Ford stickers.

 

WRC takes the win for all. Ill stick with three dimensional racing thanks.

 

Agree. WCR needs most skill and balls.

 

WRC takes the cake in my book, then F1. Both very fun to watch.

 

F1, WRC, NASCAR, in that order.

 

WRC, F1, Touring Cars (i.e. BTCC, DTM), Toy RC Cars... NASCAR
In best to worst order.

 

Ahmen, brutha.

 

I may be totally out of line, but I look at it like this:

F1 - 75% skillz / 25% juevos
WRC - 50% skillz / 50% juevos
NASCAR - 25% skillz / 75% juevos

So the most skillful drivers might be in F1, while the ballsy dudes are in NASCAR, with WRC being a mix of the talented and insane.

 

i just thought i'd point out that f1 engines make ~700hp, not 900

 

They used to make 900bhp and even more in the 80s and 90s back when turbocharging was allowed, but now they are 2.4L V8s naturally aspirated with up to 760bhp. Minumum weight being 1,367 WITH driver and all fluids.
A.K.A. CRAZY fast.

To see how tricky and advanced they are check out this (though its the earlier V10 car:
http://www.streetfire.net/top-gear/top-gear-season-10-episode-8-2007-renault-formula-one_742982.htm

 

i used to watch Nascar a lot. then i found out about real racing that isnt talked about here in the US. i was forever hooked. i actually tried to watch a Nascar race last weekend and got bored after 3 minutes. it just doesnt hold my interest anymore.

 

My mistake, they have power assist.

But the power assist can go bad and then the driver has no help at all.