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Although NASCAR means stock car racing, the cars now do not represent the car on the label on the grill.

Before this "car of tomorrow" NASCAR teams were required to make a car body that kept certain dimensions of the car it was representing. Windshields had to be the same shape and angle, roof lines, hoods.. and so forth. body lines could be flattened out and lowered and other variants.

Now-every car is identical in shape which has no relation to the badge on the grill.

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because sheet metal is the only thing that will hold up at those speeds and it bends easily so it does not mess with the aerodynamics

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Q: Why are Nascar race cars shaped the way they are instead of a more aerodynamic shape?
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