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I do like the origins of NASCAR, ie.: couple runners sitting around on a weekend bragging how many cops they out ran the night before. Next thing you know, they are comparing and racing their own rides against each other. What's not to like?
The roundy round does get tiresome, but when they do hit a road course, there's some really exciting racing going on, a-la BTCC! What's more fun than trying to watch skilled drivers control a large, heavy, powerful rear driver?! If it was at least 1/2 and 1/2 road course to oval ratio, it would be great. The problem is, like mentioned above, that you can cram a lot more spectators into a huge grandstand than at Lime Rock, Laguna or anything else, really.
(I think besides Indy, Homestead, Daytona, Phoenix and Colorado are the only other tracks w/ large grandstands b/c of the oval. That would be a good start.)
Another problem is with lack of European teams. I'd love to see an Opel, Alfa, Maserati, Jag, etc bring in their big coupe silhouettes for racing. Then again, we don't have anything running in the Euro touring series either.
The rules and limitations, although Draconian, really do provide close competition. Too bad about the dizzy spells...
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dave
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