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Originally Posted by porsche tech
Dale Earnhardt Sr was idolized for knocking people out of his way. I agree that a competitor should be kicked off the track for a flagrant offense. However, there’s something to be said for nascar’s ability to duct tape the car back together and finish the race. Indy cars appear to hit a bump on the track the wrong way and be out of the race.
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DE Sr. was indolized not mainly because he 'knocked' people out of his way, but because he had the right stuff and was a 7 time champ. IIRC, he described his way of driving as establishing his 'turf' on the track, e.g., his line, and he didn't allow other drivers to get in his way. You realized you can't push someone off the track unless you can catch them. He understood more about side drafting, etc. than others did at the time and used this technique to "intimidate" the other drivers. In plain language, he drove extremely offensive in the tactical sense of the word. Maybe he was offensive in the other sense as well. Other drivers respected his ability at car control and they knew that if they messed with DE, he would certainly retaliate.
All racing has hit lows in attendance. No one is doing anything wrong with the presentation, the interest is just not there.
I agree that if you attend any form of racing, you will be more of a fan.
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Originally Posted by yellowperil
BTW take note in two weeks the Nascar race at Charlotte will be run on the road course, which means infield and oval (a bit of both), and shouldn't be missed. Finally a road course at an oval track. The good ole boys will love it (maybe)
I've been hoping for years that they should run the infield road course at Daytona for the July 400 instead of a second race on the oval. One Daytona 500 a year is enough.
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Yes, with Talladega you have 4 Daytona's.