IRL formula cars and CART formula cars are NOT F1 cars. They just look pretty much the same. And, they do not run at the Cleveland airport or on Detroit streets. Indy is the currently the ONLY F1 race in the US. As an ex formula car race driver I understand the situation of not racing if the FIA would not allow a chicane to slow the cars to prevent tire failure from excess loading on the sidewall.I also understand the FIA saying that the race must go on as designed. Michelin screwed up!! That's racing... I would have opted for a chicane for the fans but it wouldn't have been the right thing to do. It's a sad situation for F1 racing in this country especially with the pending promotion of Scott Speed. I just hope the sanction is not pulled from the race.
There was a case a couple of years ago where the CART cars pulled out of a race at TWS (Texas world speedway near Ft. Worth) due to the high banks and the g force problems caused by the high banks and the downforce on the cars. Again, as a "has been", I loved to race but not to race without the proper safety aspects of the sport. Don Guillett SalesAid Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Gundersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 11:34 AM Subject: Re: Indy F1 > On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:40:06 -0400, you wrote: > > >At 04:19 PM 6/19/2005, Hugh Gundersen typed: > >>Come on you guys out there build a proper race track like Sebring with > >>grandstands and car parks and TV crews or won't the Indians allow it? > > > >They have Grand Prix races all over the place. Heck even Cleveland has one > >of the airports & Detroit closes many streets around downtown one weekend > >to have a F1 race. > > As I said Wayne - a proper / real F1 track - we too have a street circuit > called Monaco but it's more of a tradition than a race. > > > I'm sure there is one on the left coast at Long Beach as > >well. Now those are some fun races to watch instead of always making left > >hand turns around an oval. > > > > > >----------+---------- > > Wayne D. Johnson > >Ashland, OH, USA 44805 > ><http://www.wavijo.com> -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about problems: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unofficial Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://winhome.wavijo.com/
