Originally Posted by LEADERS EDGE:
Odd.....Doesn't it seem interesting that about the time you quit hearing: "It's a new track record" at the Speedway....the crowds started diminishing?
I know what I know, I believe what I believe and if I am wrong then I am wrong. Thats fine.
Without going into some long winded thing backing up those things, I'll just say this: The real problem isn't cost driven, it's culture driven and cost's are a symptom.
Have none of you played three card Monty? You're always watching the Ace, but the Ace doesn't exist because it's a smoke screen. Just like the cost of motors isn't the real problem.
Do not get me wrong....if a motor can be produced that meets the things I said in the previous post, then I am all for it. If it is anything that cannot compare to what is being run today.....or is not part of a long term program that truely benefits the racers; then it's not the right direction. Just a gimmick.
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By the way......What do you think people....todays Indycar fans....would think if the cars went back to running 150mph?
I don't care if you had 100 cars there....there would be no fans. At least none born after 1970.
Not if it was side by side racing with passing going on. We can't say one way or another because this will never happen with the speeds.