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Originally posted by Russfeld
Road Racing is about the driver and his skill. Ovals are about racecraft.
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I like your characterization.
Racecraft can be seen in bicycle races, too (olympic velodrome races, where they try to psych each other out for 80% of the race, going slow slow slow, then bursting into full flight).
Taking it further, any series that wants to showcase racecraft will try to equalize the vehicles to maximise the human component. A series that wants to accentuate driving performance may try to show driver skills, or may try to showcase engineering. Either way works to show how well a driver-and-car can run a technical course.
A classic example of a series identifying with technical performance is WRC. They've even taken traffic out of the equation (more or less).