"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
03/23/2014 at 13:11 • Filed to: rants
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"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
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Turn it into F1. Indycar? Make it an F1 clone. WRC? Make it an F1 clone. Motocross? Add some wheels and make it an F1 clone. Air racing? Turn those wings upsidedown and make it an F1 clone. Steeplechase? Run it on a roval, then make it an F1 clone.
DoctorDick
> For Sweden
03/23/2014 at 13:19 |
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Too be fair Indy has always been an F1 clone, just not a good one.
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For Sweden
> DoctorDick
03/23/2014 at 13:28 |
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The only time it MIGHT have been an F1 clone is when the Indy 500 was part of F1.
Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)
> For Sweden
03/23/2014 at 13:46 |
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You left out NASCAR.
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For Sweden
> Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)
03/23/2014 at 13:48 |
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NASCAR needs the same treatment that DTM needs: remove the fenders and make it an F1 clone.
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Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)
> For Sweden
03/23/2014 at 14:12 |
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Tractor pulling?
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For Sweden
> Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)
03/23/2014 at 14:19 |
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Tractors clearly need downforce
Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
> For Sweden
03/23/2014 at 14:45 |
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Truth:
Fred Smith
> DoctorDick
03/23/2014 at 14:48 |
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AOWR has been around for about 50 years longer than F1, the 500 for 39, so no.
CTSenVy
> For Sweden
03/23/2014 at 15:59 |
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Glad to see that I'm not the only one that didn't like the whole "how to make INDYCAR great again". Had a near stroke with the suggestion to remove all of the ovals.
BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
> For Sweden
03/23/2014 at 17:02 |
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What about F1?
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DoctorDick
> Fred Smith
03/24/2014 at 11:55 |
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I'm not completly sure on the origins of either sport, but I do know that Grand prixs took place before World War 2. Also I think the first Indy 500 took place in 1911?
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Fred Smith
> DoctorDick
03/24/2014 at 18:38 |
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EOWR and AOWR started as entirely different concepts in the early 1900s and stayed pretty much separate until 1951. By then, the 500 is pretty much open to anything, and the first Formula 1 season ever features the 500 as a non-championship race. This continues for a decade, though the competitive cars in the two series are wholly different (This being the 'Indy roadster' era at the 2.5 mile track in Indiana and the burgeoning rear engined era of Formula 1) by the end. Finally, around '62, Jimmy Clark brings a rear engined car to the speedway, and by 1965 (When he finally takes victory), he's running a Lotus 38 not all that different from the 49s he's running in Formula 1 at the time. From there, EOWR and AOWR often saw shared ideas, teams and tubs, but entirely different engine packages and entirely different styles of racing. Then, in the late 70s and early 80s, they began to splinter out more, and by the end of the 80s the cars were wholly different. Of course, CART's moment in the sun wasn't to last, and the IRL split leveled both the amount of money in AOWR and the openness of the regulations for both sides. By 2008, CART's dying throes are finally complete, and IndyCar is a spec championship for the ultimate evolution of a 2003 Dallara concept that was affordable, but massively underpowered, hideous and primarily designed for ovals.
They're wholly different concepts with wholly different histories and very little, albeit some, crossover.
NoahthePorscheGuy
> Fred Smith
03/24/2014 at 18:50 |
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Test post.
Poop. Fecal matter.
Inappropriate words.
I don't think you can see this?
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NoahthePorscheGuy
> Fred Smith
03/24/2014 at 19:28 |
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putts
tromoly
> For Sweden
03/26/2014 at 00:41 |
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Nah, this one creates enough downforce on its own.
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tromoly
> Fred Smith
03/26/2014 at 00:50 |
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Something doesn't sound right in your reply. The 500 was a points-paying race in the WDC for 10 years even though it used different vehicle specifications.
Also, your Lotus comments don't make sense considering the 49 wasn't built until 1967, two years after the 38 was racing at Indianapolis. The 38 had a rear spaceframe (49 was stressed engine/transaxle), left-side offset (49 was neutral), and more layed-back driving position (49 was more upright), amongst other things.
Christopher Tarhan
> DoctorDick
03/26/2014 at 17:57 |
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You sir, are retarded...
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DoctorDick
> Christopher Tarhan
03/27/2014 at 00:14 |
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Thank you, I value your input.
With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username
> BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
05/27/2014 at 19:23 |
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F1 would certainly recover some of its former glory if it became more like F1.