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12th April 2013, 06:18 #1
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I am perplexed!
This is the 1970 Indy 500. Note the rear-engine winged cars.
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This is the 1970 Tony Bettenhausen 100. It was run 3 months after the 500. Note the front-engine non-winged cars.
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What's with the backward quantum leap in technology?racing-reference.info/showblog?id=1785
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12th April 2013, 06:56 #2
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That was the last year that the championship ran on both paved and dirt tracks. Those drivers were highly talented being able to do both very well and it brought the top drivers of USAC to small venues which created more fans. I think it would be a lot harder for todays drivers to do that but not impossible. In 1970 Al Unser Sr. won 10 races on all types of tracks Paved 1 mile oval, Paved 2.5 mile oval, Dirt 1 mile oval and a road course... Name an Indycar driver today that can do that....
The Only True Triple Crown Winner-- Al Unser Sr. 1978- Indy 500, Pocono 500, Ontario 500
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12th April 2013, 16:03 #3
Tony Stewart.
"If you think there's a solution, you're part of the problem." --- George Carlin :andrea: R.I.P.
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13th April 2013, 03:22 #4
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But why did they bring obsolete cars to the dirt race?
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13th April 2013, 15:01 #5
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Originally Posted by call_me_andrewSo sad that thin skinned namby pambies infect a place and other placate to their wishes at the expense of others who have done no wrong.
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15th April 2013, 16:48 #6
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In the 1970's wing design was still a fairly 'black' art and wings of the day weren't very effective at the speeds dirt cars achieved.
In other words, for dirt cars in the 1970's the added weight of the wings was not offset by a reduction in lap times.The secret to winning races: More Throttle, Less Brake.
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16th April 2013, 17:51 #7
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If they ever do that again, I vote for non-winged dirt cars - they look soooo much better than todays things (a modern sprint car to me looks as bad as many say the DW-12 looks)
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16th April 2013, 18:57 #8
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Originally Posted by Chris RSo sad that thin skinned namby pambies infect a place and other placate to their wishes at the expense of others who have done no wrong.
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16th April 2013, 19:04 #9
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If they ever do that again, I vote for non-winged dirt cars - they look soooo much better than todays things (a modern sprint car to me looks as bad as many say the DW-12 looks)
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Originally Posted by mr nobody
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