Talk:Car sprint

Merge to Sprint car racing

I think this article could easily be included in the sprint car racing article, in a section explaining the different types of sprints used. I don't think it warrants a stand-alone article because there's not that much information available. Jafeluv (talk) 10:57, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

I disagree, they appear to be completely different topics. American Sprint cars are a very specific class of cars with wings on the top. This article is short length race with cars of different types. Possibly a disambiguation article if a unique name can't be found for the classes in this article. Royalbroil 12:05, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Disagree. Not even remotely similar subjects. Sprints, or Car Sprints (really it's just Sprints) are close to rallying in format, one car at a time against a clock. Sprint cars are a group of v8 powered racing cars racing on tiny clay surface ovals in very close quarters.

Car Sprints should most probably be, along with much expansion, moved to Sprint (auto racing). --Falcadore (talk) 12:13, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, okay, if the articles are about different subjects, I'm going to remove the merge tags. It wasn't really clear to me what the difference was (if there were any) because of the limited content of this article, which is why I proposed merging in the first place. Expansion would of course be the best option. Jafeluv (talk) 12:26, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Disagree. Other than the name there is no similarity. Readro (talk) 12:18, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

This does seem to be similar to Time attack, though. --Pc13 (talk) 18:39, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Disagree with last month's proposal to merge these two racing types which are dissimilar in nationality (although Australia does have a few big races for US-style sprint cars), dissimilar in competition format, dissimilar in power, dissimilar in public awareness and press coverage, and dissimilar in prize money, but similar in name. To clarify something Royalbroil mentioned above, US "sprint cars" didn't have wings for their first decades when the AAA sanctioned them, but "Super Sprints" with overhead wing and nose wing and an ungodly power-to-weight ratio have become the most common form of sprint cars. Some regional groups run wingless; most of these also run smaller and more limited engines.Barno (talk) 01:14, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

The merge closed weeks ago. --Falcadore (talk) 03:31, 2 September 2009 (UTC)