Originally Posted by SpfldMile:
I certainly would love to see this series come to be and thrive. I do have a couple of concerns, though. If road courses are on the schedule, doesn't that mean there will have to be some sort of transmissions on these cars that wouldn't be needed on the ovals? I realize they would have them anyway, but road courses would need something different, which means more expense for a race or two. I still don't think I'm crazy about these cars on super speedways. The driver compartment is small and there is no room for encroachment. Anytime there is an accident, it is going to be high speed. I just don't know if I trust this style tube frame in that situation. Finally if it did succeed, I could see a couple of things happening. The Silver Crown cars would definitely be gone, I don't think both could survive. I also think that with success, a lot of outsiders would jump in and crowd out the guys that we want to see. By outsiders I mean people that don't have any idea where Putnamville, or Granite City, or Perris even is. I don't mean to be negative because I would like to see this work. I have my doubts, though.
The transmissions are the same ones used for ovals, The driver compartment is plenty big and when they did the origional design it was for crash safety at well over 200 mph. The SilverCrown series is not tied to Gold Crown that series will continue on with GC being another step up.