A few weeks back I said that I thought that racing at Indy gave NASCAR the final push to get them out of the image of a regional series. They had been racing all over the country since the 60's but never got the attention that the first test and then the first race garnered.
In answer, some said that to the NASCAR teams it was just another race. Since then other drivers have mentioned what an Indy win would mean, Robby Gordon said that if he couldn't win an Indy 500, he would settle for a "Brickyard."
In the past few events NASCAR has had to trot out "old Morgan" to get to 43 cars, AJ Foyt has resorted to another number for the Harrah's Dodge, just so he would have a provisional to use to put that slug and unqualified driver in the Brickyard..
Jayski now lists 53 entries for this weekends Brickyard 400, only Daytona, at the start of the season, gets more. So NASCAR, having to resort to a field filler to get to the 43 entry level recently, has no trouble getting Indy entries, Indy must mean something to all those extra entries. It means everything to me.
In answer, some said that to the NASCAR teams it was just another race. Since then other drivers have mentioned what an Indy win would mean, Robby Gordon said that if he couldn't win an Indy 500, he would settle for a "Brickyard."
In the past few events NASCAR has had to trot out "old Morgan" to get to 43 cars, AJ Foyt has resorted to another number for the Harrah's Dodge, just so he would have a provisional to use to put that slug and unqualified driver in the Brickyard..
Jayski now lists 53 entries for this weekends Brickyard 400, only Daytona, at the start of the season, gets more. So NASCAR, having to resort to a field filler to get to the 43 entry level recently, has no trouble getting Indy entries, Indy must mean something to all those extra entries. It means everything to me.
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