From: "Paul Ranson" 

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:3dc18e28$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Shallow spectators?  There was no competition, so what do you expect?

I don't think artificial or pseudo competition is competition.

Spectators expecting a show of competition rather than just a show are shallow.

> This is one scenario that would have never happened in NASCAR (or CART or
> Indy...), when one tem gets an advantage like that, either them or all the
> other teams would get a rules change to even out the cars. (It makes it
> driver skill rather than the car is the primary means of winning.)  In one
> F1 race it even said the top 2 Ferrari drivers tried to finish in a dead
> heat -- ridiculous for a real motorsport.

Even in NASCAR driver skill is only a small part of it.

> You're forgetting the time it takes to swap drivers -- there better be
> enough competition that one car isn't in front of everyone that much.

In those days the best teams ran more cars, and there was even greater
differential between the fast and average. No seatbelts also helps in
driver changeovers...

Paul

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