Daytona should be another CART race too...

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. Besides, the car that Marshall drove had faulty aerodynamics. Try to notifiy CART so that we can see some new racing at Daytona Speedweeks. Besides, it gets fun to see drivers beat a world record in closed-circuit driving regularly. Christopher [link lost in import] Remember #8-John Nemechek!!! The IRL SUCKS!!!!!

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

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>>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.

Me again... I have to say, since I tested Taladega with 6 fuel load in ICR2, maybe it's okay. Just repave Daytona, use the super-downforce wings from the road courses and shortovals, use soft tires, and that kind of stuff. However there are many ways to slow the IndyCars down. Lower the boost, increase the gear ratios, increase downforce, use good shock absorbers, and more. Daytona would be perfect if this could happen. I'd like to see a CART expert on this, or even Cart!!! Christopher