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    Optional Tires/Standing Starts for 09 ?

    Looks like the IRL will take the plunge next year.

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    IRL: Paddock rumours and news
    Indy Racing League officials are on the verge of imitating the former Champ Car
    series by adopting Firestone's optional tires for its street circuits and road courses starting in 2009. Those tires used in the Champ Car events were the ones with red stripes.

    Those same officials are also in the process of evaluating the use of standing starts on those same types of circuits as soon as next year. They proved to be safe and exciting when they were used on road courses and street circuits in 2007.


    http://www.auto123.com:80/en/racing-...s?artid=100438

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    Good, because tradition or not, rolling starts on road courses and street circuits is a stupid idea.

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    I dont like standing starts on any course. I hope they nix that idea.
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    Standings starts on road courses are more exciting, suspenseful, fair and safe.
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    Standing starts with those cars ought to be exciting........

    So quick off the line........

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    Nah, optional tyres might work or not but it doesn't really matter since current road course races are just as bad as one can imagine but standing start is a bad idea to me personally. But I do understand a lot of people like it. But to me, only Indycar (oh and A1GP sprint race) in the advanced open wheel racing category still does rolling start these days and they should just keep the tradition.

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    The optional tyre is a stupid gimmick, I hope they ditch that. There is too much strategy involved with fuel conservation as it is now, I don't want tyres to add to that. I want to see racing, not strategy.
    Preferring standing starts or rolling starts is just a difference in a person's perception, it doesn't make a difference.

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    Standing starts may be interesting, but optional tires on these piggy piggies?? Do we really need that? I really never saw a huge passing benefit with them implemented. I think the "passing lane" made for better passing than optional tires ever did. Then again, I'm not a big fan of any of those "gimmicks".
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    standing starts are cool...optional tires not so much
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimispeed
    Standing starts with those cars ought to be exciting........

    So quick off the line........


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