13 Mar 2008, 15:29 (Ref:2150877)
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Originally Posted by drdisque
The only truly high speed oval other than Indy left on the schedule is Texas. Homestead, Chicagoland, and Kansas are the next fastest, but clearly a tier down in speed and I feel that the racing is pretty good at those tracks.
Also realize that when you reduce downforce you reduce drag and therefore increase speeds. The league doesn't want the cars lapping at 225 at Texas. By mandating higher wing angles they're limiting speed. However, to make the racing less pack-like (which would be even worse if they just raised drag - see Device, Hanford) they've been trying to do things with the tires to reduce mechanical grip. However, there's only so much you can do as you don't really NEED a lot of mechanical grip on most of those tracks.
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IMO open wheel cars shouldn't be going anywhere near 1.5 mile high banked ovals.
The ovals they should visit should be Fontana, Michigan, Indy, Motegi, Homestead or Nashville, Phoenix and Milwaukee.
This: http://www.gordonkirby.com/categorie..._is_no117.html
makes a good point.
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