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"I could easily see quite a few drivers tearing up expensive equipment because they were trying to eek out as much speed as they could and then hitting a wet part of the track that they could not visibly see."
TS. As BigBill would say, the throttle works both ways. IF these drivers are so good, they'll know when to lift, or else it's thier own fault. Look, BigBill sent them racing into talladega with the tyres blistering after only a handful of laps. The drivers had a choice, race or go home. Many wenyt home. But they filled the field. And trust me, the way the points are arranged today, none wouldd've packed it in, they al would've qualified if Nascar said we're going to qualify in the wet. But nowadays, all Nascar is worried about is a big PR disaster.
"NASCAR punted on Friday in hopes that the qualifying could be done all on Saturday"
Wrong decision. On Fri, it was perfect conditions for a wet q-ing session, no dry spots to blister the tyres, and it stayed wet the ehole time, no unfair advantage. On sat, cause of the changing wet/dry conditions, it would have been unfair to qualify some in the wet and some in the dry, which is why they shoukld;ve done it on Fri while they had a good chance. But it also raises a bigger issues, when qualifying is in the wet, Nascar should do it CART style with groups(they've done this for the drynin bgn and cts), that way, even if the track conditions change, everyone copes woith the chagnes so no unfair advantages.
As for inexperience in the rain, there was SUzuka which I'd say about 10 drivers attended. BUt there was also last year's Fri practice in the rain, which everyone had a chance to do, although only about 30 drivers went out.BUt also, why wasn't there wet practice on Fri? They had enough time, if they were conerned about not haivng enough experience in the wet, just start another practice session.
This scenario would'nt be so bad if it happened in 1998. But since 98, Nascar has said, "If it rains, we're running anyways," but has consistently bvacked away from that stance. Someone said last year after the first(and only) WC praqctice in the wet session, that Nascar would never use the tyres competitvely(for race or q-ing) cause they are just too scared. Looks like whoever that poster was, they nare right.
Nascar says they have the "best drivers in the world." Well, let them show how good they are.
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