[Shotimes] OT - IRL Gen 4 Chevy, NOT!

[Dave Kegel]

I think you have to enjoy road racing to enjoy watching road racing.  Yes,
the oval races have exciting finishes, but beyond those last 10 laps,
they're boring, unless you're sitting there hoping to see a huge wreck.
Besides, it takes a lot more talent to be a good road or street course racer
than it does a high downforce, foot to the floor all the time oval racer.

CART road races are much improved this year with the absence of traction
control.  Those cars are awesome to watch , especially coming out on cold
tires trying to keep up with guys on hot tires.  They're twitching and
sliding all over the place.

The IRL has already said they'll be adding a couple road courses in '05.  If
CART dies, they'll probably add more than that.  So it won't be a total loss
either way I suppose.

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Tatro" <stevetatro_shotimes@att.net>
To: "'Ron Porter'" <ronporter@prodigy.net>; "'Don McKinnon (AST)'"
<dmckinnon@asttechlabs.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: July 28, 2003 12:51 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] OT - IRL Gen 4 Chevy, NOT!


> I've been an open-wheel fan for a long time (well, I'm only 27, but
> since I was a kid!).
>
> I was upset when CART fell apart and the IRL was formed, but like a lot
> of the owners, participants and fans, I was tired of all the road
> courses.  Don't get me wrong, I love road racing, but the champ cars
> just don't do it right!  The current CART series is just a tad more
> exciting than F-1, which lulls me to sleep whenever I turn it on.
>
> Here's what I like about the IRL: fast tracks with multiple racing
> grooves, exciting finishes, and no races are won by short-pitting or by
> conserving fuel.  Sure, there have been people to run out of fuel while
> leading the last lap of the race, but that's by far more exciting than
> most NASCAR finishes.
>
> Witness yesterday's IRL race at Michigan.  Furious side-by-side, passing
> and speeds the entire race, all the way down to the final turn pass of
> the new "Chevy" to win by 3 feet!  Racing just doesn't get much better.
> Sure does beat the NASCAR restrictor plate races, Bristol-type tracks
> where you have to bump somebody to get by them, or the two (?) road
> courses they run.
>
> By the way, if anyone is near Kentucky and wants to enjoy a good
> open-wheel race, make the trip to Sparta KY for the IRL race.  It's a
> 1.5 mile track (you can see the entire track/race from any seat in the
> house) with high speeds (+210mph) and passing inside and outside through
> the whole track.  I've been to races (both open-wheel and NASCAR) at
> Michigan, Indy, Pocono, etc. and the Kentucky Speedway is now my
> favorite.  www.kentuckyspeedway.com and www.indyracing.com.
>
> Whew.  Sorry to ramble.
>
> Steve Tatro
> Red/Black '93 with 169k miles
> Cincinnati, Ohio
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Ron Porter
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 1:27 PM
> To: 'Don McKinnon (AST)'; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] OT - IRL Gen 4 Chevy, NOT!
>
>
> Cosworth is a job shop, doesn't matter who owns 'em. When a new engine
> is developed, whoever pays the bill gets their name on it. That new
> engine has nothing in common with anything Chevy sells. If Hyundai or
> Ford or Kia paid for the development, their name would have been on the
> same engine.
>
> Personally, I have no interest at all in open-wheel racing (give me
> doorslammers!!), but for the folks I know who like open-wheel, none of
> them care about the IRL.
>
> If I were a Ford stockholder, I wouldn't want them to waste racing $$$
> on the IRL, either.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Don McKinnon (AST)
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 1:11 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] OT - IRL Gen 4 Chevy, NOT!
>
>
> IMHO, it is yet another Ford mistake!  Just think Ford could have come
> into IRL and be a major presence, instead it lets GM pull their head out
> of their ass...
>
> Don McKinnon
> 95 MTX - White/Mocha 92k miles
> Stage 1 Power Package with Stage 1cams
> Canyon Carver Road/Race Suspension
> Quaife & HiRevs Competition Clutch
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of dereus@fbx.com
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 12:48 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] OT - IRL Gen 4 Chevy, NOT!
>
>
> Anybody else find it humorous that Chevy's new Gen 4 IRL engine, which
> dominated and should have won at Michigan yesterday, is made by Cosworth
> (Ford)?
>
> I guess a Ford by any other name would be a Yamaha - err, vice versa,
> whatever....
>
> Ron DeReus
> 95MTX
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