rec.autos.simulators

>Someone was wondering how the speeds this year at IMS would be, if everyone was at
>the Indy 500. The speeds would be MUCH lower. CART drivers are already complaining
>about the US 500 speeds, so they probably would be complaining about the Indy 500
>speeds. Doing +235 mph laps is unecessary. I don't think that the Indy 500 would
>loose its popularity if the speeds would be lowered down to 200 to 210 mph. Probably,
>part of the reason CART drivers aren't racing at Indy this year are the high speeds.

> >Someone was wondering how the speeds this year at IMS would be, if everyone was at
> >the Indy 500. The speeds would be MUCH lower. CART drivers are already complaining
> >about the US 500 speeds, so they probably would be complaining about the Indy 500
> >speeds. Doing +235 mph laps is unecessary. I don't think that the Indy 500 would
> >loose its popularity if the speeds would be lowered down to 200 to 210 mph. Probably,
> >part of the reason CART drivers aren't racing at Indy this year are the high speeds.

> If everyone would remember the reason that Lil Al didn't qual last
> year was that he would not push safety!
> >I don't know if this comparison is right, but look at Talladega and NASCAR. NASCAR
> >stock cars are much heavier than IndyCars, but go a lot slower. Remember what
> >happened at the last Talladega race just a few weeks ago? Now look at IndyCars at
> >Indy. Lighter but faster. Something could seriously go wrong. I wouldn't want to be
> >in Tony George's shoes when another driver dies to these absurd speeds, and maybe the
> >other drivers get pissed off at Tony for that. Actually, I don't want to be in Tony
> >George's shoes at all. I can't stand him.

> Let not blame TG, He is not holding a gun to the head of these
> drivers, SB was not a rookie and not the first to die... doing what he
> loved!  The INDY 500 is still the greatest auto race of all time.

> >Tim

> >Someone was wondering how the speeds this year at IMS would be, if everyone was at
> >the Indy 500. The speeds would be MUCH lower. CART drivers are already complaining
> >about the US 500 speeds, so they probably would be complaining about the Indy 500
> >speeds. Doing +235 mph laps is unecessary. I don't think that the Indy 500 would
> >loose its popularity if the speeds would be lowered down to 200 to 210 mph. Probably,
> >part of the reason CART drivers aren't racing at Indy this year are the high speeds.

> If everyone would remember the reason that Lil Al didn't qual last
> year was that he would not push safety!
> >I don't know if this comparison is right, but look at Talladega and NASCAR. NASCAR
> >stock cars are much heavier than IndyCars, but go a lot slower. Remember what
> >happened at the last Talladega race just a few weeks ago? Now look at IndyCars at
> >Indy. Lighter but faster. Something could seriously go wrong. I wouldn't want to be
> >in Tony George's shoes when another driver dies to these absurd speeds, and maybe the
> >other drivers get pissed off at Tony for that. Actually, I don't want to be in Tony
> >George's shoes at all. I can't stand him.

> Let not blame TG, He is not holding a gun to the head of these
> drivers, SB was not a rookie and not the first to die... doing what he
> loved!  The INDY 500 is still the greatest auto race of all time.

> >Tim