Well Superduke, you have really caused a stir with this post! :2:
The topic has gone off course, but it's still about the "bozo's" as well.... I understand where you and the dirtheads are coming from because I used to feel the same way you do. But I started to watch these other forms of racing, and began to admire these other drivers, no matter where they were from. All racing is hard because you are competing against others, some are just more difficult(relative term) than others.
I do believe, that the era/track/type/surface that a person LEARNS about racing with, is the one that they will ALWAYS refer to as the "golden age". I call it thier formative years.
It's the same way in stock cars, when people are always saying, "Aww these kids today can't compare to Fireball, or Curtis, or the Flocks or fill in the blank....Everything in life changes, and when looking back to "the good ole days" NOTHING" looks as good. For most people that is....
Sure as a sprint/midget driver, I miss the early IRL days, but that too has changed, so we move on...And enjoy good, hard road racing and oval racing with IndyCar...
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So that makes this guy an "expert"?
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YES HE IS and no im not going to throw him under the bus to prove a point by dropping his name. But he is one of the top enginers in the business and has a indy 500 win to back it up. SO YES I THINK HE KNOWS A LITTLE ABOUT INDY CARS, AND I WOULD CALL HIM AN EXPERT IN THE INDY CAR BUSINESS
You guys just show that you don't know or dont care to know how hard it is to run a place like the Speedway, and do it good. And how brave one must be.
As far as the 650hp, you dont remember when CART was running 900+hp.
Also, its a lot different with 650 on a 5/8 mile long straightaway with a tight turn at the end of it, and 800 on a 1/4 or 1/2 mile. There is a reason they keep trying to slow the IndyCars down....
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My point exactly!
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Good post, but I do believe that the top drivers in IndyCar are among the "best". Dario, Scott, Helio, Briscoe, Power, Kanaan. I believe that Hunter-Reay is right there, as is Graham. And now we have Simona!!!
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nice!