Round 3 & 4: Texas Motor Speedway. April 30 - May 2.

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

S Griffen, no he didn't but one theory was that drivers would ride the break on those turbo cars to keep it spooled up and he may given it too much. My theory is Cogan ran out of talent then and later.

Back to the Texas race, I'm glad to see we all agree that this was a bore of a weekend. I really hope they reconsider going back. It's either batshit crazy or a 200 mph parade. I don't care for either.

Bit drastic? Both races were intriguing in different ways. Sunday's defo had the more 'racing' but Saturday's was one of suspense and markers being laid down for the season and the future.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Bit drastic? Both races were intriguing in different ways. Sunday's defo had the more 'racing' but Saturday's was one of suspense and markers being laid down for the season and the future.

Drastic? Nah. I've hated this square peg and round hole since the failed CART test and hate the continuation of attempting to make a good product from it, so I'll look for any reason to move on.

Intrigue is in the eye of the beholder and the race I watched was being drummed up for intrigue by the 3 talking heads in the booth. I wasn't buying.

[bjohnsonsmith]

I don't see TMS as the square peg, it's produced some good races in the past. The issue with this year's event as with last year's, has been the PJ1 traction compound. It also didn't help that before the first race it had rained so drivers had a green track, as well as the PJ1 to contend with, hence the 200 mph parade. By Race 2, the track had rubbered in, which gave drivers a bit more leeway and we got to see some racing.

[mstets]

Originally Posted by joeb

I have never seen that before, and that was truly bizarre! It almost looked like something broke in the suspension in the car just snapped sideways, but that would be a strange break before the race even starts while going straight.

I was told that one mid-field starting driver had to change his suit while the track was being cleaned up.