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Originally Posted by RWill2073
I'm an indycar fan, watch every race. The indy 500 is one my less favorite races. I like the road and street courses most, but enjoy the ovals, too. The shorter ovals seem to make for the best oval races though. Actually, the last few years both indy and pocono have become more interesting to me, (more fascinating than interesting, really) because you can really sense the danger. Not necessarily a good thing, but the sense of danger and risk seems to have gone up in recent years, with bourdais' accident and even worse at pocono. It makes it both hard to watch and hard to look away at every pass or two wide situation. It isn't the history or pageantry that gets me into the 500, it's just those tense moments.
I also don't want to see wrecks and injuries. But seeing those and the consequences makes the race so much more intense. That's what the 500 is to me now, intense. Not my favorite race, but intense and a little scary.
So maybe, don't worry if indy isn't at the top of your list of indycar races. But watch some of the wrecks like bourdais of late and the consequences of them, then watch the side by side racing and cars getting loose in the corners and maybe you'll be holding your breath multiple times a lap next time you watch it! Then look forward to the even better indycar events (imo) at road America, watkins glen, detroit, st Pete, etc....
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You described my indy watching experience pretty well here! Especially the parts about watching the side by side, lots of passing, and holding your breath. I find i am on the edge of my seat more with Indycars than any other type of racing. You just don't know what is going to happen from one race to the next. Sure there are a few drivers who have been at the top the last few years, but the racing throughout the pack is just great. And as was said earlier in the thread, there are 20 guys who can be on the podium, and with the close racing there can be touches and spins in the lead pack which allows for some of the 10-20 place guys to sneak up and move through. Plus there are always people on different strategy for fuel and tires, so you might get a guy on an alternate strategy catching a yellow at the right time and keeping his lead to the checkered.
In addition to the old guard, there has been a constant stream of new young talent, and guys from F1/sportscars coming in the last few years. It just makes it all the more interesting for me to see how they get along in the setting.