please name one driver that hasn't done that, please. not one pit-road incident, it happens to every driver, Will told the media what happened alsoQuote:
Originally Posted by underpowered
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please name one driver that hasn't done that, please. not one pit-road incident, it happens to every driver, Will told the media what happened alsoQuote:
Originally Posted by underpowered
It's ok, H #1 - only those who have never raced, and have never experienced a pit road in the middle of a race with all the rigs, uniforms, number boards, etc. all out at the same time (and 2/3 of them in the same color), would continue to hold one missed pit box error against a driver. Especially a driver with a brand new team.Quote:
Originally Posted by harvick#1
If they think finding your pit in those circumstances is easy, they should go try it instead of criticizing from the keyboard.
Race that was not. Parade of low power cars. Will P. is great racer with a situation and a car to finish 2nd is big. Again pit stops and yellows helped those who can't race. Possibility is there to make LB great again.
Street racing looks pretty, can have a nice crowd but it's not particularly exciting. Every once in awhile there's a decent F1 or IRL race that has some passing, ALMS can be ok, but today's was a bore. I'm happy to see Dario dominate the event, though not exactly surprised. Looking forward to the ovals and road courses now and perhaps some actual back and forth racing as opposed to parades and crashes.
Turn3, I think you're exaggerating there. Granted, she did benefit greatly from the way the cautions fell, but so did Dario and Power, they all pitted at opportune times. I don't hear anyone calling our Dario or Will's finishes due to that. What I see with Danica is a driver that rarely gets to the front except through strategy, but once she gets a position she tends to stay there. I think that's a skill. If she had made a successful pass on Tony or Will my jaw would have been on the floor, I've never seen her make a clutch pass like that, usually it's around lapped or slow traffic. But her conservative approach has also led to some ok results, usually top 10s sometimes top 5s. She's not an exciting driver to watch, but as a midpack talent she does OK.
F1 after only 3 races has more passes than themselves and IRL combined total passes for the last 3 years (huge exaggeration on my part just to make a point), that "every once in awhile" comment is not true anymore for F1, 3 races packed with lots of passes for position, many of them for the first 3 places, proving me and many wrong that it was not possible to have exciting races by changing rules dramatically.Quote:
Originally Posted by nickfalzone
Different series, different situations, but perhaps IRL can keep trying until they find the right changes to increase meaningful on track passes.
Hopefully one of the changes will be to minimize if not eradicate street races, I know many here romanticize Long Beach, just like many romanticize Monaco in F1, but the truth is that both create snore fests.
Whilst I'm hesitant to get drawn in to yet another Danica debate, I'm struggling to see why there's quite so much hostility regarding her race performance? Whilst accepting she didn't exactly blaze through the pack, neither did anybody else. I'd have thought bringing it home in a solid fourth and staying out of trouble when many others were bouncing off each other and/or the wall would merit a mention, even a grudging one? She may have benefitted from cautions, but you play the hand you are dealt. I can't see how gaining position from yellows caused by someone ELSE parking it in the fence can be used to belittle what was a pretty solid drive? Not exactly a thrilling race, but plenty of people managed to bin it, she didn't and gained as a result. That strikes me as a pretty decent strategy in a street race, to be honest.
I'll poked my nose in and post for the first time in a while just to say what a great job Danica did. I'm no great fan of hers but she drove a good race, showed some pace and certainly didn't back up the train like I thought she might.
Danica drove a good race, kept her nose clean and finished clean at fourth.....
She did the job she was supposed to do today. Good Job!!
if another thing, Vs. made the bonehead broadcast move like ESPN does, who the hell goes to commercial with 5 laps left while under green :mark: