Listen. For anyone to say the current IRL chassis was an oval only chassis is a bit of a joke. First off, the cars are NOT offset. The only adaptation the cars ever had to have to run road racing was wing packages and where the fuel buckeye sat depending on the course. THATS IT. So spare me all this rot about how the IRL cars are not doing too bad for an oval specific design. They were designed to race period by people who know damned well that sooner or later they would be run on road courses. If the IRL never had any intention of running road courses EVER (which was the theory in 95), why didn't the rules laid for this formula allow for offset suspension, weight jacked to the left and asymetrical layouts that would make them far more adaptable to turning left all day?
The DP01 was 3 seconds faster than the current IRL cars at Edmonton due to their horsepower and yes...their more modern design. That doesn't mean this IRL car is inferior really as a racing car since they do race well and are entertaining. Faster isn't always better. That said, spare me this fiction they were an oval only design "adapted". The DP-01 I am sure would run like jack the bear on ovals and likely wouldn't give up anything to the IRL car. Why? SImple...that Cossie has about 100 to 150 more ponies...duh!!!
Now getting back on topic, this new "green" series is an interesting concept made by someone who doesn't really understand the pitfalls of what he is going into. Maybe someone like Forsythe or Kalkoven should give him a call.....and tell him to forget the whole idea.
