Originally Posted by JordanBlanton:
Devil's advocate for a moment: since when was strategy not a part of racing? Silver Crown race last year at DuQuoin, Darland pitted on a yellow to take a new right rear; that was an exciting final handful of laps.
All that kind of strategy on a sprint car race will do is drive up the price of racing for everyone. Strategy is a big part of SC racing; you need to make your stuff last 100 laps. And Darland had an "unfair" advantage; suppose everyone had changed a tire there. While the concept is far-fetched, it certainly would have eliminated the new tire advantage that Dave had...and SC teams could stop the practice of changing tires and winning if everyone stopped to change tires once anyone stopped to change tires...
But "strategically" changing a tire in a 30 lap sprint car race will only force others to do the same, just driving up the price of poker for everyone. Win at all costs???? Man, I hope not......