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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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"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.
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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It's like those IRL drivers aren't even in the same league.
Sorry, couldn't resist. :-)
Tim
No IRL drivers on the leap lap. The top IRL driver was one lap down.
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> 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. > > -- > > [email hidden] > > "David Buttery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > > s > > p > > o > > i > > l > > e > > r > > > > s > > p > > a > > c > > e > > > > 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.
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Actually, I wish I'd thought of that line. : )
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> No IRL drivers on the leap lap. The top IRL driver was one lap down.
My mistake :-)
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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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>My mistake :-)
The IRL drove the IRL 497.5 last sunday.
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ra302z <[email hidden]> wrote on 02 Jun 2001:
> Second-best?! Maybe in your world. But I would rank the IRL
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> Nippon, BTCC + plus all other touring car series, etc.
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.
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"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.
