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From: Han Monsees <monsees@phys.uu.nl>
Subject: Re: NASCARS : what's the thrill ? I dont get it
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On 17 Dec 1998, Target 12 wrote:

> 
> >In the first place: racing at a 5 km circuit, which has a variety of slow
> >and fast curves is for me much more exciting than just turning left four
> >times a lap.
> 
> Well, let's see here, it's a more constantant turn, not just a quick left/right
> as usual in F1.
>
F1 features a wide variety of circuits, form tight stgreet circuits to
high-speed tracks. Some tracks have sequences of short turns, others have
long and fast corners. My point is that in F1 every circuit is different
and has it's own atmosphere. 
> >On ovals, HP is much more important
> 
> ::BUZZ:: Wrong again.  All the HP in the world won't mean jack if you can't
> handle the car through the turns and keep it stable.  And all the cars run the
> same HP engines.
> 
On a track it's easier to be a fronbt-runner in an underpowered car than
on an oval.


> >he racing is spoilt by those annoying safety-car
> >situations. So you only have to watch the last hlaf hour of the race to
> >see the decisions.
> 
> That's not always the case.  Actually, that's never the case depending on how
> you look upon it.  What if the strongest car in the race crashes or something. 
> You wouldn't know that from watching the last half hour.

When I watch F1 and I see Schumacher closing to Hakkinen by half a second
a lap, Im exited, I start calculating whether it's possible for Schu to
catch Mika. When the same happens in a serieslike NASCAR or CART, I only
think "Schu will be at Mika's tail after the next causion".

> 
> >In the fourth place, those NASCAR-cars are like rolling bill-boards. The
> >GT1 or BTCC cars in Europe look much more tastefull.    
> >
> 
> Why should this matter?  I rather have the NASCAR look than GT1.   And you
> don't call that GT-1 Mobil Porsche a rolling billboard?

To me, that Porsche looks like a car with adds on it. Some NASCARs look
to me like an add in the form of a car.

> >In the fifth place, most ovals are almost the same. All tracks in the F1
> >championship or the FIA GT are essentially different
> >
> They might LOOK the same, but they aren't exactly.  Just look at Charlotte and
> Texas.  Few tracks in NASCAR look the same.  Take into consideration track
> lengh, width, and banking.

Might be, but to the average public they look the same.

Han



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