We'll agree to disagree. My problem with the IRL is the same I have with NASCAR on the restrictor plate tracks, yes the racing is close but its because no one can gain an advantage, the close racing is fake or articificial. These guys are running throttle flat to the floor all the way around a track, with the IRL cars its because of the spec wings and rev limiter, with NASCAR the dreaded plate. Overtaking should be a case of going deeper into a corner before lifting, out braking the other guy or out dragging a guy to the apex, in the IRL and NASCAR plate races its just about having more momentum than the next guy. The reason you get those enormous shunts like they have at Daytona or Talledaga or in the IRL like the one that alomost killed Kenny Brack a few years ago in Texas, is because everyone is stuck together and no-one can lift and lose momentum. As I said, its artificially close racing. sh*t, it doesn't require a hell of alot of ability to hold your foot to the floor.
If you want to see real, honest, top quality oval track racing, go check out a USAC Midget, Sprint or Dirt car meeting at Winchester, Salem or on the high banked dirt at Eldora sometime. These are the places where guys like AJ Foyt, Johnny Rutherford, Mario Andretti, and in more recent times Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart cut the teeth and made their reputations. The driver really has to RACE. The cars are as powerful as a NASCAR stocker (un-restricted) or a Champ Car, they're front engined, have no downforce and a short wheelbase and weigh about 1100 lbs. This is real, hardcore oval racing, not that over pimped, over promoted BS called IRL or NASCAR. The USAC Sprinters hit Eldora on April 4th, I'll be there (goggles in hand to keep the dirt kicked up out of the eyes).
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