Originally Posted by
Chuck 98 RT/10
Well, we'll have to remain in disagreement on that. Lotta cars, very fast, very tight, no doubt about that. But racin's racin, and even with the big 15 car crash there was only one bad injury and that was the guy that pushed too much. No disrespect meant to Mr. Weldon.
It was measuring up to be a fantastic race. It would have been a helluva finale.
One could only wonder if that $5 million dollar bonus payout was the reason he didn't let up. Either way, it was a sad day especially for his wife, children, parents and family.
A caller on the Speed Report argued that they should have resumed the race and grieve after. While I can understand this the time between having the race at a Red Flag to not only clean up the 15 car debris field but then to also repair the track with patches gave too much time to have what happen really settle in. I can't see any one of those drivers go out after that amount of time.
While I enjoy Indy car I think there are enough road courses in the US to put them on and make those cars perform the way they are meant to perform and I don't mean making 4 left hand turns. I also think if that would happen we would see many changes in the team drivers line up.
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I see people out there spending money on the car to improve it … If you spend half that effort just working on your driving skills, making you and the car work together as a team, then you’ll go faster – period. To make the car go a second faster on the track takes a lot more energy and money than making yourself drive it one second faster.
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