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The new IRL 499.5 car
NOBODY hates the IRL like I do, but I was sort of hoping the new car would be somewhat interesting... looks like my wish came true.
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Odd looking car.
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I understand body panels are open (to mods). That right, or to spec only?
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What's old is new. . .
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Wow. Looks terrible.
But remember what we all said about F1 cars the year Button/Brawn won the championship? Those cars looked catfish ridiculous at the time, too. Now, not so much.
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Yeah, but cool looks doesn't necessarily translate into fast.
In F1, form always follows function, but many forms fail, and this could be one of them, but they're mostly due to bad hunches and/or theoretical/testing flaws. Sherwood |
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i think it's a cool looking car.
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They want to cover the back wheels so there can be lots more fender banging, You know rubbing is racing here in the U S A.
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The thing reminds me of a Shelby Can Am spec racer.
Oh that's right, IRL is just spec racing. Yikes 
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A new crapwagon is still a crapwagon.
Put 'em in the turbo Cosworths that Champ was running, add a few more street courses and fewer ovals and then I'll be interested.
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