Daytona 500 or Indy 500

#26
#26
TennesseeFan07 said:
The IRL is terrible. All they talk about is Danica and the racing isn't really that good with the exception being the cookie cutter tracks.
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Danicamania has decreased quite a bit since her rookie season. If you only like the racing on the cookie cutter tracks in the IRL, then that should be enough. It's not been as good in the last year or two because of new regulations (I think), but 3 or 4 years ago there was no better oval racing than IndyCars at places like Michigan and Texas.

At the end of the day, it's still racing, so I like it.
 
#27
#27
there's really no comparison.

IRL drivers are more talented, the technology is better, the cars are faster, and most importantly, they race without fenders.

the CoT is essential and IndyCar except it has a windshield, fenders, and requires less skill to drive. i like NASCAR, but i think has more to do with the fact it's racing and it's on every Sunday.

however, if NASCAR were to go under tommorow, i wouldn't even bat an eye. although, i would like the chance to improve my fantasy score from last week.
 
#28
#28
Are you kidding about the IRL drivers being better. I agree that the cars are harder to handle, but Formula one drivers are better than Indy drivers.
 
#29
#29
TennesseeFan07 said:
Are you kidding about the IRL drivers being better. I agree that the cars are harder to handle, but Formula one drivers are better than Indy drivers.
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True, but what does that have to do with the IRL drivers being better than the NASCAR drivers? They're not all superior to all of the NASCAR guys, but still.
 
#30
#30
yeah, when did we start talking about F1 drivers?

and tid is right, they're not all superior to NASCAR drivers. the good drivers should be in the IRL. i can't blame them for being in NASCAR because that's where the money is, but...
 
#32
#32
Biggest problems with Nascar...

1) Too many drivers who complain about every little thing.

2) Too many rules.

3) Too many 1.5 mile tracks.
 
#36
#36
TennesseeFan07 said:
I was saying that a majority of F1 and Nascar drivers are better than most indy drivers.
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perhaps this explains the number of NASCAR drivers leaving to test their wares across the pond in F1. there's about two drivers from NASCAR that could compete in F1; one is about to have a kid and the other is now too fat. whereas, this years IRL points leader turned down a shot at F1 at the end of last year.
 
#39
#39
The only IRL drivers that are any count at all are Wheldon, Dixon, Hornish, Kanaan, and Castroneves maybe. In Nascar you have 30 drivers that are capable of winning each week because of their abilities.
 
#40
#40
doozer said:
there's really no comparison.

IRL drivers are more talented, the technology is better, the cars are faster, and most importantly, they race without fenders.
the CoT is essential and IndyCar except it has a windshield, fenders, and requires less skill to drive. i like NASCAR, but i think has more to do with the fact it's racing and it's on every Sunday.

however, if NASCAR were to go under tommorow, i wouldn't even bat an eye. although, i would like the chance to improve my fantasy score from last week.
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What does racing without fenders have to do with it??
 
#41
#41
doozer said:
there's really no comparison.

IRL drivers are more talented, the technology is better, the cars are faster, and most importantly, they race without fenders.

the CoT is essential and IndyCar except it has a windshield, fenders, and requires less skill to drive. i like NASCAR, but i think has more to do with the fact it's racing and it's on every Sunday.

however, if NASCAR were to go under tommorow, i wouldn't even bat an eye. although, i would like the chance to improve my fantasy score from last week.
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:lolabove:
 
#42
#42
Fenders make a huge difference... you can get away with all kinds of contact, whereas in open wheel racing you have to be even more precise with your driving considering even the slightest of contact can either end your day or send you hurtling into the catchfence.
 
#43
#43
It's much harder to drive an open wheel car, but that doesn't mean that they are better than Nascar drivers.
 
#45
#45
Hard to say which drivers are better - some can drive multiple types of cars others not so much.

IRL cars are harder/easier depending on the situation. You have more power-to-weight and agility to both get into and out of trouble. NASCAR requires being able to maintain momentum.

Both series have elite drivers (and corresponding teams), very good drivers that could win at any given time, good drivers with bad equipment and average drivers.
 
#46
#46
tidwell said:
Fenders make a huge difference... you can get away with all kinds of contact, whereas in open wheel racing you have to be even more precise with your driving considering even the slightest of contact can either end your day or send you hurtling into the catchfence.
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Well, I just have a different opinion. There are more cars on the track making the racing more close quarters. NASCAR drivers will stick a fender in with barely any room to spare (sometimes with no room). They will bump/slam-draft at 190+. The bump-n-run is also used. All of these things while trying not to end their or their competitors day. Not to mention they are piloting a 3400lb hunk of tin. IRL drivers dont do these things because they cant, not for lack of talent but because they cant.
 
#47
#47
racing is about going around people to get by them. not through them. 190 is child's play.
 
#49
#49
TennesseeFan07 said:
The IRL is terrible. All they talk about is Danica and the racing isn't really that good with the exception being the cookie cutter tracks.
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Danica dosen't get nearly as much press as she did two years ago (and she hasn't earned it). And if you don't think the racing is all that good, then you haven't wached it very much.

Sorry, but with the exception of the short tracks, Nascar is the same ole, same ole every week :snoring: .
 
#50
#50
XtennesseeX said:
Tony Stewart won a IRL Championship.

And, Montoya has won the Indy 500.
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And Mario Andretti has won both the Daytona 500 and the F1 Championship. A.J. Foyt won the Daytona 500. Tony won the IRL championship before he switched over to stock cars. I can't think of a single primarily Nascar driver who crossed over and won anything significant in another series.
 
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