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Originally Posted by arcsine

In my opinion, racing while only turning one direction does not demonstrate driving skill beyond knowing how to control a car at high speed. It is kinda like bowling. Pins dont move, ball is the same, so as long as you can do the same motion and hit specific lane targets, you can be successful

However turning in both directions and in non-ideal conditions leads to finding out who can actually drive. Cannot say it will help NASCAR but it cannot hurt either.

Just a different kind of racing. In any racing including NASCAR, the conditions are constantly changing, temps, track temps, fuel load, tire condition, traffic etc....

Imagine WRC, no qualifying laps, no real idea about the "course" other than "I ran it a year ago. Blind corners, wildly varied conditions, and they have to try to get as close as they can to 10/10s while keeping enough in reserve to correct if the conditions have changed and/or the course notes aren't exactly what they were expecting.

But, that doesn't mean that they are better drivers than F1 drivers or NASCAR drivers or IMSA prototype drivers.

They are all trying to be the fastest for whatever their conditions are. And depending upon the conditions, they probably drive close to or farther from the absolute limits of the vehicle, course and themselves.