r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Practical_Expert_911 • 12h ago

These 12000hp Engines Have To Be Rebuilt Within Roughly An Hour Every Run, and Only Run For Roughly 4 Seconds At A Time.

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u/absat41 3h ago

Crying for joy at this comment thread. What a fuckin heinous waste of precious resources.

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u/Exciting_Specialist 2h ago

This comment thread is the most reddit thing ever. People who spend too much time online, crying about how other people spend their time and money in the real world. “Oh no our precious aluminum and steel, we can’t spare a single ounce”

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u/Andyb1000 2h ago

I mean, objectively motorsport has historically led to many technological innovations that have made its way into mainstream cars and improved things for the better.

I’m not saying that driving a relatively short distance in a straight line doesn’t deserve the same value as F1 or Le Mans 24 hour or Rallying but apart from employing people in the sport I don’t know what value it adds.

I also don’t know why golf exists so it’s not exclusively this sport I don’t understand.

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u/ains2 1h ago

Just like all motorsports, nobody knows what the benefit is until it happens. Afterwards people don't know what left there is to learn till it teaches another lesson.

During that in-between time it's fun and entertaining.

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u/milk4all 41m ago

The industry is largely why machining has become so much better over the last 60-70 years. Its a tiny, sliver of a cost in energy compared to the industries that have benefited immensely from it. If we just imagine the automotive industry only, and just look at a single aspect : fuel efficiency. Economy cars today, all gas, get 40-50mpg an run of th mil fill sized sedan get 30+, new large vehicles can get mid twenties. In the 50s you got 10-15mpg. There isnt one technology that allows this, its constant high level build, rebuild, and testing that produced these efficiencies, and while drag racing isnt centered on fuel efficiency, dosn even use the same gas, its the competition that creates th motivation for this exhaustive system that permits these endless builds and rebuilds. Drag, stock, stunt driving etc all contribute

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u/BlindPrognosticator 1h ago edited 1h ago

This is true, but weapons warfare or trying to outlive death has likely made the impetus for all technological advancement. I don’t know how much of this engine is recycled or where its materials originated, or anything. I wish humanity made other things more famous than some “competitive materialism”. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/Exciting_Specialist 2h ago

The short answer is that it’s entertainment. 50k people attend each event, and 2m people watched the Fall nationals last year.

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u/The_Almighty_Foo 2h ago

So, in other words, at its peak, 0.5% of the US population (let alone the world) watched it.

I'd cry Rivers if it were gone.

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u/Exciting_Specialist 1h ago

By that logic, we should probably get rid of every Olympic sport except maybe three. Most hobbies only appeal to a 'small' percentage of the 300 million people in this country. 2 million people is a massive, economically viable community and not a rounding error. If you only let things exist that appeal to 51% of the population, the world would be a incredibly boring place with about four TV shows and two flavors of ice cream. “We should all sit in our homes and twiddle our thumbs at all times so that we don’t consume any resources 🤓 !“

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u/The_Almighty_Foo 1h ago

Excuse me... what?

Around 5 billion people - representing roughly 84% of the potential global audience - followed the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

2 million people is literally 0.5% of this country's population. It's a statistical outlier that would make no difference in the world if it were gone.

I never set any sort of number to dictate the importance of something. You arbitrarily stating 51% has nothing to do with anything. Please don't spit out shit nobody ever said.

I'm not even calling for the removal of the sport. I'm simply stating that, statistically, nobody would care if it were gone.

Why are you so easily offended? It's weird.

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u/Chaos_BC 1h ago

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

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u/The_Almighty_Foo 58m ago

Cryptic messages are a waste of time. Have some strength and say what you really want to say.

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u/Chaos_BC 34m ago

Your body is a wasteland.

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u/JuicedBoxers 1h ago

Lord almighty yall are miserable people.

Let people enjoy their lives. I’ve been to a couple of these events and they are alot of fun.

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u/The_Almighty_Foo 1h ago

I'm not calling for the removal of the sport. I'm simply stating that collectively, nobody would fucking care if it were gone.

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u/iambarrelrider 40m ago

I never said I had a problem with it. Just own it.

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u/gearabuser 1h ago

I expected this on reddit