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8/22/12, 9:45 PM   #27
Re: Smackdown Start and Park
Jonr
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Originally Posted by Dick Monahan View Post
That's not start-and-park. Those are examples of cases in which a driver is making a smart decision with a broken car, given his budget.
That was the point that the original poster was trying to make. Given the fact that the pay difference from 6th to 22nd is not that much, there is not a lot of incentive to race for those positions. The risk/reward balance is upside down.

Do I hope it happens? No. Do I hope that this race grows into a huge success? yes. Do I hope that it becomes an annual race? yes. If there is a caution on lap 5, do I expect a couple of cars at the back gracefully pull it into the pits? yes. Do I think any less of the drivers that do that? no