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by **David Butte** » Tue, 29 May 2001 07:27:08

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Well, that's that. As we always knew (in Europe) - CART is tops; IRL is
definitely second-best. That's not to say IRL is a bad series - but I
don't think it's going to produce too many global stars any time
soon...

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David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92; Monsters of GPLRank h/cap +282.87)
The GPL Scrapyard: http://www.racesimcentral.net/
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

by **Greg Cisk** » Tue, 29 May 2001 16:28:46

Agreed.

Only one IRL driver on the lead lap. The Indy 500 seems very similar
now to a Busch Grand National race. In those races the better Winston
Cup drivers generally clean up.

I figure the Indy 500 will do one of two things. 1) Go back to CART
or 2) prohibit non IRL drivers from competing. I think it is now an
embarrassment.

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by **Tim Ha** » Wed, 30 May 2001 02:37:47

It's like those IRL drivers aren't even in the same league.

Sorry, couldn't resist. :-)

Tim

by **Bryon Lap** » Wed, 30 May 2001 04:43:24

No IRL drivers on the leap lap. The top IRL driver was one lap down.

> Agreed.

> Only one IRL driver on the lead lap. The Indy 500 seems very similar
> now to a Busch Grand National race. In those races the better Winston
> Cup drivers generally clean up.

> I figure the Indy 500 will do one of two things. 1) Go back to CART
> or 2) prohibit non IRL drivers from competing. I think it is now an
> embarrassment.

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> > Well, that's that. As we always knew (in Europe) - CART is tops; IRL is
> > definitely second-best. That's not to say IRL is a bad series - but I
> > don't think it's going to produce too many global stars any time
> > soon...

> > --
> > David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92; Monsters of GPLRank h/cap +282.87)
> > The GPL Scrapyard: http://scrapyard.9ug.com
> > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
> > really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

by **Kevin Gavit** » Wed, 30 May 2001 08:49:11

Actually, I wish I'd thought of that line. : )

KFG

by **Greg Cisk** » Wed, 30 May 2001 21:40:31

My mistake :-)

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by **ra302** » Sun, 03 Jun 2001 23:58:48

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>Well, that's that. As we always knew (in Europe) - CART is tops; IRL is
>definitely second-best. That's not to say IRL is a bad series - but I
>don't think it's going to produce too many global stars any time
>soon...

Second-best?! Maybe in your world. But I would rank the IRL behind
ALMS, F3000, F3, Indy Lights, Formula Atlantic, Formula Nippon, BTCC +
plus all other touring car series, etc.

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by **ra302** » Sun, 03 Jun 2001 23:59:21

>> No IRL drivers on the leap lap. The top IRL driver was one lap down.

>My mistake :-)

The IRL drove the IRL 497.5 last sunday.

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by **David Butte** » Mon, 04 Jun 2001 07:38:15

It may be a UK-only usage, but here "second-best" in that context means
much the same as "second-rate" - ie, not very good at all.

--
David. (GPLRank handicap -5.92; Monsters of GPLRank h/cap +272.44)
The GPL Scrapyard: http://scrapyard.9ug.com
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

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