Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

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Originally Posted by SarahFan

Why is this race not a rousing success?

Open wheel racecars on NoCal and a classic twisty...yet attendance ratings and fan interest have continually been soft

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This may have something to do with it:

From 2010:

Lead Changes - 2 Times Among 2 Drivers

Wow..exciting stuff.

I've driven this circuit in rFactor... It's like Mid-Ohio; a great circuit to drive but the racing isn't great.... Then I prefer Montreal or Cleveland instead of Infineon.

In this case I can understand why Danica wants more ovals.... Because a race on a 1,5 mile oval brings more excitement then a race on this road course.. But you never know, in Toronto it's also difficult to pass and we all know what for a race we saw there.. :D

Looking forward to this, if only to see how Pantano does, as I believe he stuck it in the top five during testing, which is none too shabby. Nice little element to shake things up if nothing else.

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Originally Posted by schumacher180

I've driven this circuit in rFactor... It's like Mid-Ohio; a great circuit to drive but the racing isn't great.... Then I prefer Montreal or Cleveland instead of Infineon.

In this case I can understand why Danica wants more ovals.... Because a race on a 1,5 mile oval brings more excitement then a race on this road course.. But you never know, in Toronto it's also difficult to pass and we all know what for a race we saw there.. :D

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what we saw at Toronto was a bunch of amateurish driving blocking and the other not brake, but while Sonoma's back drop is good, the Indy format for this track is horrible, there is really no real passing corners, the hairpin could be made into one, which then sets up for Turns 1 and 2, but they use the short version of the track :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by schumacher180

I've driven this circuit in rFactor... It's like Mid-Ohio; a great circuit to drive but the racing isn't great.... Then I prefer Montreal or Cleveland instead of Infineon.

In this case I can understand why Danica wants more ovals.... Because a race on a 1,5 mile oval brings more excitement then a race on this road course.. But you never know, in Toronto it's also difficult to pass and we all know what for a race we saw there.. :D

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It's not difficult to pass in Toronto, there's a long straight ending in a hairpin. I can't remember a single Toronto race that didn't have a lot of outbraking into Turn 3. Infineon doesn't have a similar feature so I have no idea why people compare the two.

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Originally Posted by harvick#1

what we saw at Toronto was a bunch of amateurish driving blocking and the other not brake, but while Sonoma's back drop is good, the Indy format for this track is horrible, there is really no real passing corners, the hairpin could be made into one, which then sets up for Turns 1 and 2, but they use the short version of the track :rolleyes:

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I've thought about that but there is no runoff at the hairpin. It's too dangerous.

A little help from fans that have been to this track. Where is a good GA area,and is parking and leaveing as bad as I'v heard. Any tricks for a quik exit. I will be coming from SF side west. I agree with OO this should at LS. Thanks for any help

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Originally Posted by elan 02

A little help from fans that have been to this track. Where is a good GA area,and is parking and leaveing as bad as I'v heard. Any tricks for a quik exit. I will be coming from SF side west. I agree with OO this should at LS. Thanks for any help

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LS is as bad if not worse to get out of. I haven't been to LS in a long time but last time I was there the spectator amenities sucked.

Gary

de Silvestro - who the flip is her management? How could she not have a VISA???????

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Originally Posted by schumacher180

e a race on a 1,5 mile oval brings more excitement then a race on this road course..

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In your Opinion.

For me the haulers entering the paddock is more exciting than an Oval race.