>>Even though Marshall Teague died in a horrific IndyCar crash at 180 MPH in
>>1959, it is safer with all that downforce. It would still keep it on the
>>ground.
>I disagree completely with your safety "analysis." Ground effects only
>work right if the ride height of the car can be controlled within a
>certain window. If the car deviates greatly from the design ride
>height, it's not even clear that a CART car would have positive
>downforce. (Anyone remember the Group C fiascos of years ago when the
>ride height would momentarily get too high?)
>Dayonta is simply too fast, too banked, and too bumpy to contemplate
>running CART cars. I love speed and e***ment as much as the next
>guy, but I certainly want to keep the drivers alive and well, as well
>as avoid seeing fans being killed by errant cars/debris from open
>wheel contact at Daytona...
>As a side note, for safety reasons, I don't imagine a CART driver
>worth a damn would agree to drive at Daytona. (Of course, I've been
>wrong before...)
>---Jim Sokoloff
Daytona is too fast for CARTs. Track is also too bumpy and too banked. But
the main reason is that they have some drivers' named Greg Moore and those
Eagles car (no offense, just a fact) who likes to block other drivers.
