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Mario's record will not be broken. Even in NASCAR the "Oldest" drivers are getting younger and younger as the series gets more competitive.Quote:
Drivers used to have longer careers in open-wheel racing . . . . that is, when driving in open-wheel could be considered a "career". Mario Andretti won at age 53. The oldest to ever win in NASCAR was Harry Gant at 52.
(but I feel it does bear repeating it here)
Sam Hornish Jr, Jacques Villeneuve, Dario Franchitti & Patrick Carpentier have the same problem.
LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN DRIVING A STOCKCAR !!!
(Driving a stockcar isn't learned overnight, it definately takes seat-time ...
that is why drivers should start in a lower series to learn FIRST !)
I think Montoya has the same problem too. ;)
Found this article;
http://www.scenedaily.com/stories/20..._daily141.html
Sounds interesting
Interesting comment by David Reutimann about Franchitti after the "Caution 250"
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The guy is good," Reutimann said of Franchitti. "He's smooth. This place is not an easy racetrack.
"For a guy's second race, it was pretty amazing, pretty impressive. I'm not sure what he's got in store for us. He's going to do nothing but get better, and he's already good."
Yeah, they need to hype Franchitti ...
I mean he finished 32nd, 3 laps down to the winner ...
the other 31 guys that finished AHEAD of Franchitti weren't sh*t ...
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...k/laff/fdl.gif
So, let's all sing the Phony Praise Franchitti song together ...
all you sheep out there, listen up now, you are about to be indoctrinated ...
the Busch Series points leader crashed but finished 25th ...
plus there were 28 cars on the lead lap but the praise goes to Franchitti ... http://www.motorsportforum.com/forum...s/rolleyes.gif
He should do very well in NASCAR Cup, unfortunately that cannot be said , for the bulk of the rookies coming up through the traditional rungs in NASCAR. The "Crashfest 250" was a good showcase of their LACK of talent. They were woeful. No wonder NASCAR teams are looking to open wheelers to fill the vacancies.
Good post.Quote:
Originally Posted by RaceFanStan
Not a great fan of Hornish..but future openwheel crossovers should run at least one or two different NASCAR series for a while before they go into Cup, to speed up their learning process, it does have to be for a lengthy period.. Outside of Tracy and Hornish most are where I thought they would be at this stage. Montoya looks like taking ROTY in Cup, so he has achieved his initial benchmark.Quote:
Come on Stan, Who are they going to hype, Bobby East? I mean I know who Bobby East is because I follow sprints and his dad's a well-known car builder, but it's not really news. If Dario comes in and he attracts attention to the series, then the series is better off for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by RaceFanStan
Face it, it's news, and it attracts new fans when a driver from a foreign country, who is married to a famous movie actress, who has won the Indy 500 and an IRL championship, and lost a CART Championship on a tie-breaker to Juan Pablo Montoya comes and races in your series.
This is going to vault Nascar to worldwide popularity much like Mansell did when he came to CART in 1993. (Just tell Bruton not to get any ideas about taking his tracks and splitting the series up :p : )
Now, to give my impressions, because I was actually at the track both days for Friday practice and the race itself:
Franchitti is smooth, up until he had his brake problems, He and Reutimann had the cleanest cars out there. He ran fast and was able to pass cars. He has had brake problems, and that is where his inexperience shows, he has to learn to manage a heavier car over the course of a race so that he has brakes at the end. And I'll tell you, he must have been really abusing the brakes to wear them out that fast with all the cautions in that race, which is why there were 28 cars on the lead lap. (Heck, Ron Young got 3 or four consecutive free passes to get on the lead lap after he had some crash damage) They never ran more than 20 laps of green racing without a caution and that was early in the race. It wasn't so bad in person, but I imagine on TV it was brutal to watch.
Anyway, I'm glad Reutimann won, because he dominated and deserved it, I thought Ambrose did really good too. Franchitti did alright for his first time, too.
Anyway, why should we be surprised when Aussie's come to this board and say "Look what Ambrose did this weekend" We should be happy that Indy/Champ/F1 fans who would have not otherwise given Nascar a second look are coming here to cheer for their drivers and learn about this great branch of Motorsports.
What it all means is that Nascar is #1, because they are attracting the best drivers from all over the world.