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Originally Posted by Skyman 08
Well Didn't the Camaro Pace the Daytona 500, Indy 500 and the Brickyard races LAST YEAR???
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While they did re-decal 5 of the 25 Camaro Indy 500 Festivals cars with the Allstate 400 logos on the doors for use in the Brickyard 400, the actual Pace Car was a Corvette Z06 (pic below).
Having never been a big ball sports fan and always a BIG racing fan, I had been eagerly watching NASCAR races since they first televised the full Daytona 500 live in '79. Last year I didn't watch one single race, although I did watch some of the Brickyard (we get tickets each year but I've stayed home the last few years, a BIG plus when they had that tire debacle). My son has been watching all the SPEED NASCAR Classics racing he has recorded lately. UNBELIEVEABLE to watch those old races where they weren't throwing all the BS debris/competition/bunch-the-field cautions constantly. I tried to watch the end of the final race this season, but when they threw that "unknown" caution with just under 50 laps to go so all the cars could fill their tanks (and eliminate any type of strategy), get new tires, and bunch the field even further it pissed me off so bad I had to turn it off. I must say it takes a certain talent to run a thriving, formerly exciting racing series so poorly that a former die-hard enthusiast such as myself can't even bear to watch in anymore without getting pissed and yelling at the TV because of all the ridiculous cautions/penalties/regulation etc., etc., etc.
Now of course the IRL isn't perfect. There currently is only one chassis (Dallara) and one engine (Honda) and we'd all like to see it return to it's heyday with mutiple chassis/engines and innovation, but the reality of it is with the current technology and costs, to engineer and build a competitive chassis/engine for just a couple of cars it just would be crazy. Sadly those days are past I believe. But at least when I watch an IRL race I'm screaming at the TV out of excitement, NOT frustration!
AS the OP said:
GO IRL!!!!!!!!!
P.S. The car Dale Sr. was driving was constructed just like, and just as safe as the modern cars. It was an improperly attached lap belt bracket that caused his lap belt to rip/tear allowing his body to shift forward on impact and sustain the basilar skull fracture that killed him. But I'm with you, A LOT of NASCAR died that day with him.