1 Sep 2018, 14:48 (Ref:3847399)
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Originally Posted by jimclark
'Still is. Just about all forms of pro racing...for the "show" as opposed to "showing" excellence.
IndyCar with it's spec chassis, bodywork and (at the moment) 2 make engines. Sportscars with their "BoPing". F1 with it's wonderful DRS and penalties for replacing this and that....'won't even bring up NASCAR (aside from all else, '"stages" and "playoffs"? Egads..."game time" eh?) that's been the leader in "showtime"....rather than real drivers, engineers, designers, fabricators and so-on's displays of superiority or inferiority, as the case may be.
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Unfortunately, there's always going to be a certain amount of contrivance. However, it's about that fine line between what is acceptable and what is gimmicky.
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