I should have figured. 3 races for close to 1300 miles and only on race that had any real excitement. Nascar drivers favor the no passing, one car dominates tracks. And lately, that's drivers I don't care for. Since there is more passing for the lead in the pits during cautions, maybe that's whay they should change the series into. If the series is based on pit tricks, it's losing it's fun. Since the sponsors demand young, "pretty" drivers who can't drive very well, maybe they should just have a beauty contest. Since the "car of today" is some template that only the rich teams can set up correctly, and then only for one or two drivers, it puts 20-30 cars on the track with no chance to win. Guess I'll just have to quit watching until a Daytona or Talladega race. Oh wait, one of the sponsor mandated drivers will cause a big wreck and ruin the race.
IRL was slightly more interesting because of fuel at the end. It was pretty clear that no one was going to be able to pass Dario Franchitti, but he couldn't pass anyone when pit stops left him in 4th. He only got the lead back when the cars in front of him had to stop.
In each of these 2 series, it appears to me they have alot of drivers that want to drive fast, but don't want to race. Oh but they do want to block and neither governing body will do anything real about it. Blocking stops passing and cause wrecks.
Formula 1 was the race with the most interest, but still little real passing. Michael Schumacher had a very good finish. Lewis Hamilton won due to both Red Bull drivers taking themselves out on lap 41. He likely would have made it interesting at the end if there was no wreck. This wreck was also marred by fuel concerns. In a sereies that no longer allows fueling on pit stops, they should make sure the thing can get through the race. All the drivers had to slow significantly to conserve fuel. FIA needs to mandate that each car carry an equal but sufficient amount to let the drivers race hard to the end.
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