I agree Duane. I have been to a few Nationwide races there and they were really good. Seen Earnhardt SR. run there. People around here weren't really happy when they moved nationwide to the big track.

 

I thought IRP was actually intended for everything but Indy cars to race near Indianapolis, but reserve the big track for the big race.... when everybody and their brother races at Indy, the track loses some of that prestige.....

 

Lame race but I needed that. Nice to get a first win at the brickyard . Segment 2 was mean to me.

 

Everyone says it was lame and I agree. Nascar was at its best in the mid to late 90's as well as early 2000s you here everyone say that all the time. Do you ever go back and look at old YouTube clips of races back then? The cars wiggled and moved around so much it was awesome to watch. You would see plenty of crumpled sheet metal because the cars were such a handful to drive. Imagine taking your own Monte Carlo out there and driving as fast as it would go. The thing would be a handful. Now I realize that back in the 90s and 2000s racecars had elite suspensions even then but they still had "live suspensions" as I like to call it. The cars sat on real springs! They weren't coil bound! 2004 was the last year before we really saw coil binding take off. Go and watch a video from that season and look at how high the nose is off the ground compared to today. With coil binding and bump stops your almost using what I would call an "artificial suspension." The cars not really riding on the springs like true stock cars do its now relying as the tire to be the spring as the true springs on the car are compressed. Yes it's faster and handles much better but that does not necessarily mean better racing as the fans can see. With coil binding these cars are glued to the race track using the front splitter to seal the car off and you very rarely see a car spin out. If you want to see slipping and sliding and some great side by side racing and torn sheet metal then you need to ban coil binding and bump stops. Ban coil binding and you no longer need those forever ugly splitters. It's also worth it to point out that before coil binding the cars actually looked like cars you could buy off the showroom floor. Not only in looks but the way they rode. Look at the cars now, how many street cars do you see that are sucked down to the ground like that? People loved stock car racing because they loved to see what looked like a car they could buy being pushed to the absolute limit. If I wanted to see cars ride single file I wouldn't be a race fan. What makes these drivers superior is watching them control a car that is on the edge of out of control something most people can't do. If I want to see people on a Sunday drive I'll just go watch the cars on the interstate.

 

Hey Griff:

You gotta remember back then...

They weren't running and drafting at over 200+ Miles per hour either!

But I understand what your saying as an EX Stock Car racer myself!

Times are a changing!

 

WOW! That;s the best finish I ever had on here. Tied for 1st yeah baby

 

Rick you won Talaldega last year... won a couple other races I believe...