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#551 Afterburner

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Posted 03 July 2015 - 15:16

Anyway, in-car highlights are on Youtube now:

I told myself I wasn't going to watch all 15 minutes of that.

 

I failed.



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#552 kevinracefan

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Posted 04 July 2015 - 01:37

Well said.

Hunter Reay won both the series and the 500 already and no more people came to watch.

RHR and Newgarden don't have famous last names, or a girlfriend who can do 300 MPH...

Graham's resurgence is the best possibility that local track promoters have had in years...

whether they can capitalize is a different question...

#553 maximilian

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Posted 04 July 2015 - 02:46

I told myself I wasn't going to watch all 15 minutes of that.

 

I failed.

 

 

Riveting.  I love you, IndyCar.

 

Oval open wheel racing definitely has a place in motorsports, and I hope it doesn't get weaker and weaker in representation.  The variety of tracks in IndyCar is unique and fantastic (road/street/oval).



#554 Nonesuch

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Posted 04 July 2015 - 08:26

I watched the race in parts, and it was definitely exciting - if not to say downright crazy at times. :stoned:

 

It's interesting to read some of the comments on driving standards; it wasn't always obvious to my untrained eye whether something was as dangerous as it looked or just the normal result of oval racing.

 

Speaking of which, can someone explain why the racing on this oval was so different from the racing at Indianapolis? Is it the shape of the track, the angle of the banking?



#555 Prost1997T

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Posted 04 July 2015 - 10:45

Downforce (on the floor of the car), tyres, banking\width combined with cooler conditions than predicted. If they come back next year I doubt they'll permit the same specs again.

#556 KingTiger

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Posted 04 July 2015 - 17:24

I watched the race in parts, and it was definitely exciting - if not to say downright crazy at times. :stoned:

It's interesting to read some of the comments on driving standards; it wasn't always obvious to my untrained eye whether something was as dangerous as it looked or just the normal result of oval racing.

Speaking of which, can someone explain why the racing on this oval was so different from the racing at Indianapolis? Is it the shape of the track, the angle of the banking?


Indy has a very small angle on the banking and the drivers can't go flat out so the cars get spread out. With high angle banking the cars can easily go flat out on multiple grooves and it leads to large packs of cars very close together.

#557 Rob G

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Posted 05 July 2015 - 04:50

Indy has a very small angle on the banking and the drivers can't go flat out so the cars get spread out. With high angle banking the cars can easily go flat out on multiple grooves and it leads to large packs of cars very close together.

Plus, most of the passes at Indy happen at the end of the front and back straights, so the cars being overtaken are off line so they have to back out to avoid sliding into the wall. There is very little backing out at Fontana because the curves are much more gradual and cars have plenty of room to go two abreast at a consistent speed.