The only way to make sprint car driving a path to the IRL would be to do away with the wings and electronics. I've spoken with some sprint car drivers that do not like the fact that an Indycar is in the hands of an engineer and not the driver. Stock cars are a lot closer to a sprint car than Indycars today. The pre-wing era of Indycar was a haven for open wheel sprint car drivers, today is just the oppossite.
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Sprint car driving is not the way to the IRL, PERIOD.
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Not to derail your thread, Indyracin; but how much longer can stock cars continue to be that way?"I didn't hear a single comment about airboxes, "carbashians", or how terrible the car looked. I did see dozens and dozens of little kids in awe of the speed and how cool the cars looked. We should learn from our children."
--Danny Noonan
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quite correct, sprint car driving is not the path to the IRL.
however, winning championships in silver crown, sprint cars and midgets, winning consistently on pavement and dirt, and being the best in some of the toughest racing in the world, the best of the 10,000 short trackers in the country, sure as **** ought to be the path to the IRL or any racing series once chooses.
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Originally posted by D Byrd
quite correct, sprint car driving is not the path to the IRL.
however, winning championships in silver crown, sprint cars and midgets, winning consistently on pavement and dirt, and being the best in some of the toughest racing in the world, the best of the 10,000 short trackers in the country, sure as **** ought to be the path to the IRL or any racing series once chooses.
i'm growing more and more in favor of a front engined Indy car every single day.Proud to be a complainer.
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Originally posted by D Byrd
quite correct, sprint car driving is not the path to the IRL.
however, winning championships in silver crown, sprint cars and midgets, winning consistently on pavement and dirt, and being the best in some of the toughest racing in the world, the best of the 10,000 short trackers in the country, sure as **** ought to be the path to the IRL or any racing series once chooses.
i'm growing more and more in favor of a front engined Indy car every single day.
And I would actually perfer a rear engine midget, sprint or SC car.
Run a low budget series at first (a rear engine focus midget would be a way to start the class) to work out the logistics and see what times they run. After that add a weight handicap to the RE car if it is slower than a front engine car and let them race in the same series.
USAC already had RE sprinters (they outlawed them) once. Do it again, but in a slow, controlled manner.
**** start a LT-1 RE SilverCrown series. Use the ASA engine rules, sealed engines and all. No IRS or IFS, just like the SC cars and run on pavement tracks less than a mile. Chevy can sponsor it. Ford does it with there Focus.
The pieces are there. Some one with some power needs to put them together.
I ain't got no power.Terrible moderators can destroy great forums
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Originally posted by Doc Austin
Where would you put the fuel cell?Proud to be a complainer.
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Originally posted by jl
...And I would actually perfer a rear engine midget, sprint or SC car.
Run a low budget series at first (a rear engine focus midget would be a way to start the class) to work out the logistics and see what times they run. After that add a weight handicap to the RE car if it is slower than a front engine car and let them race in the same series.
USAC already had RE sprinters (they outlawed them) once. Do it again, but in a slow, controlled manner.
... LT-1 RE SilverCrown series. Use the ASA engine rules, sealed engines and all. ...Definition of support series: A series that needs the support of the headliner class to draw a crowd.
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News flash - it was found that fe cars are not as fast as re cars around 1965.
BTW - the racing biz/splitsville board has done wonders. How about another board about the IRL for sprint car fans that hate the IRL? Then we could have a board for those that like the IRL and one for those that don't.
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Originally posted by ramdacf
News flash - it was found that fe cars are not as fast as re cars around 1965.
BTW - the racing biz/splitsville board has done wonders. How about another board about the IRL for sprint car fans that hate the IRL? Then we could have a board for those that like the IRL and one for those that don't.Proud to be a complainer.
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Originally posted by ramdacf
News flash - it was found that fe cars are not as fast as re cars around 1965.
BTW - the racing biz/splitsville board has done wonders. How about another board about the IRL for sprint car fans that hate the IRL? Then we could have a board for those that like the IRL and one for those that don't.Dave Steele Rocks!!!
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Take the wings off, that'll fix everything."Each day well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this one day for it, and it alone, is life"
~ Sanskrit poem attributed to Kalidasa, "Salutation to the Dawn"
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