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Originally Posted by astrochex
How can you equate DRS to push to pass? They are apples to oranges. DRS is automated for a specific circumstance (1s gap or less) at predetermined track locations. The driver in front cannot respond. It has no limit on usage. Push to pass is driver controlled, for a maximum amount of time. Use up all your time and you are done. The driver you may be racing can also use push to pass in response, or not.
DRS is a joke to the concept of racing. I don’t mind push to pass because it is limited and driver controlled. I would prefer, however, if push to pass went away.
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I get your point and you are right. I was just thinking of the idea of enhanced passing being helpful at least for the fans. If the car behind can't get it done, they are in the picture trying. It looks like someone is holding a race instead of a parade.
NASCAR fooled around with the aero package for the Fontana race a couple years ago. The result was something like 90 passes for the lead and over a 1000 passes combined amongst all drivers.
That was a bit over the top but it shows that tweaking sometimes gets positive results if even those results weren't predicted. It wasn't a plate race with the draft a 100 feet long and it wasn't a runaway by Kyle Busch. And no P2P or DRS.