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Originally Posted by HardDrive
I guess I'm an odd ball, because I like it better if a few cars run away with the race. Its lets you really see who is dominant. It creates dynasties. Anything that causes 'false' competition by holding back the best drivers and cars is theater, not racing.
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This has been discussed seriously behind NASCAR doors since the restrictor plate was introduced. No one would like a solution more than the drivers and NASCAR itself. This is really a conundrum. Every idea has been explored and many tried. You could list those as long as your arm.
So, until someone figures this out, there's not much to do but complain. You can complain about the weather, but you can't change it by complaining.
Let me take this a bit further: sports car racing has been plagued with domination of one team or factory after another. We all know how Porsche trounced the Cam An series and I can't think of anyone that wouldn't have liked to see that series continue.
While we've seen all the iterations of sports car racing in the US, NASCAR has remained stalwart. And one of the reasons is that they won't let one manufacturer run off with the series. I know Dodge has been fickle over the years but you can't blame NASCAR for that. They've tried to maintain parity and even let Toyota in running an engine they don't even produce commercially.
Sure, the identical cars is a problem, but they are working to give back more manufacturer identity beginning with next year's model. But, don't all Sprits and midgets look alike? How about the popular modified's on the East Coast? They all look the same to me. Just like the Daytona Prototype. Oh, did I forget to include the spec Indy Car?
Individually built cars exist in F1 and the Euro LeMans series. It just died in the US AFA sports cars are concern at the prototype level. And each year there are only 2-3 LP-1s in the hunt in the Euro series. Audi dominates, then Peugeot. They are dying on the vine as we debate this.
So, again, who has kept up a successful racing organization with feeder series' for over 60 years? You don't have to like it, but it's working.
And I'll say one more time for the road, you don't have any American red blood running in your veins if you can go to a NASCAR race in person, see and feel those cars and not get the chills even just a little. I love those motors. Drag racing with turns.
It just doesn't get any better in person.
But don't let me leave w/o mentioning MotoGP and AMA Pro. On my bucket list.