On 14/11/05, Herbert Graf <mailinglist2@farcite.net> wrote:
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> Second off, rules: NASCAR rules are one of the most insane in my mind.
> Basically (and I don't know all the details perfectly) the rules
> consider it "bad" if a car starts winning to much, and does things to
> the car to disable it to an extent. This is just insane in my mind. If a
> car is "the best", let it be the best, let it kick the crap out of the
> others, since that will propel the others to figure out why that car is
> "the best", and to make their cars better. As it is the engineering of a
> NASCAR vehicle basically stalls in my mind, since if you make your car
> TOO good, you'll get penalized.
>

I don't know the details of this - but doesn't crippling a good car
just put more emphasis on the skills of the driver?
Is the idea to show off the drivers skills by ensuring all cars have
similar capabilities?

And I was starting to get a bit tired of F1 up to this year when the
same car/driver  kept winning.

RP

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