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Elwood Senior Enthusiast

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Did anyone see the wreck in the IRL race in Australia today?

Happened right at the start of the race.

 

Why do they race in the rain, when they know this stuff is going to be the result?

 

It was a nine car accident that happened because they rain made the track slick, and the spray from the tires made it impossible to see.  It looked pretty nasty.  I saw it on Sportscenter, and then I just watched the beginning of the replay of the race on SPEED.

MountaineerTom Senior Enthusiast

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It was CART instead of IRL, but same thing though.  :)

 

That whole race seemed to be a big mess.  And people complain about how NASCAR finishes some of it's races.  :chevy:

Elwood Senior Enthusiast

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I see.  I don't keep up with that stuff at all, and I figured since it was called the INDY 300, but was not in Indy it must be IRL.  Oh well, either way IMO it was an unnecessary accident.

 

I'll just add this to the list as another reason I don't watch these series.   :chevy:

MiSdIrEcTeD_1 Enthusiast

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True race cars are open-wheel cars... Stupid accident yes, but at least its not as often as NASCAR and at least theres an excuse... NASCAR guys fu*k up constantly in perfect conditions... Real talent is shown in open wheel cars... A nice demolition derby could be seen watching NASCAR drivers run IRL/ champ-cars... (Tony Stewart being the exception there)
Kansas Kid Senior Enthusiast

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A race car is a race car, regardless of if it is open-wheeled or not.  I seriously doubt that one or the other takes more skill to drive then any other type of car.  Heck, just look at how well most of the open wheel drivers do when they try to drive a full-bodied stock car.  :cheers:  You can't tell me that it is simple to drive a car that weighs twice as much yet only has half the contact patch area of an indy car.  I doubt there are more then a handfull of guys in either series that could drive in both and win.

 

Now don't get me wrong about the IRL.  With the way their rules are setup, they probably put on the best oval track racing in the country.  And it is a shame that people don't watch it, simply because they don't like open wheel racing.  But it is far from the only type of true race car out there.

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Real open wheel cars either have, or don't have wings on the roof, have 800hp motors and slide sideways on dirt ovals :cheers:  :eek:

 

And the IRL does put on a good show. And I love to watch it. CART on the other hand, I havn't watched in years. I got tired of seeing all the rc's being integrated in and having to watch nose to tail racing. CART is killing itself with poor managment, and by trying to turn itself into a baby F-1.

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