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    NASCAR truck racers share sprint-car past
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    "You can come up with a lot of different reasons," Kinser said. "I can't point at one thing, but it teaches you throttle control and how to handle horsepower. It makes you respect cars more." "Open-wheel cars teach you how to drive because they are so light and have so much horsepower," Fike said. Full Article at Mansfield News Journal
    I can't point at one thing, but it teaches you throttle control and how to handle horsepower. It makes you respect cars more.
    SOURCE: Mansfield News Journal 29 months ago
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NASCAR truck racers share sprint-car past
  1. Open-wheel cars teach you how to drive because they are so light and have so much horsepower
    – Aaron Fike SOURCE: Mansfield News Journal 29 months ago
  2. It was a big change going from 100 times a year to 25 plus lots of test sessions (in NASCAR).
    SOURCE: Mansfield News Journal 29 months ago
  3. You have to start learning all over again. I got to a point where I thought I was good in a sprint car and was running good, but starting over is difficult
    SOURCE: Mansfield News Journal 29 months ago
  4. It's not easy by any means. If it was, I guess everybody would do it. Both (kinds of racing) are fun, and both give a good sensation when you're in them.
    – Aaron Fike SOURCE: Mansfield News Journal 29 months ago
  5. Yeah, it gives me a lot of confidence seeing them (succeed)
    – Aaron Fike SOURCE: Mansfield News Journal 29 months ago
  6. The way we run 100 times a year, you see so many different tracks. It makes you adapt
    SOURCE: Mansfield News Journal 29 months ago
  7. There's definitely a learning curve and it takes some seat time
    – Aaron Fike SOURCE: Mansfield News Journal 29 months ago
  8. They're both race cars and go in circles
    SOURCE: Mansfield News Journal 29 months ago
  9. It teaches you how to drive a race car no matter what kind of car you're in
    – Aaron Fike SOURCE: Mansfield News Journal 29 months ago

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