From
where I sit it looks like IndyCar is taking a tentative step towards the edge...
via usatoday.com
It
should be first pointed out that throwing a red flag due to a crash
isn't new. The horrific crash of Swede Savage comes quickly to mind.
Although in 1973, the track was almost blocked and the severity of
the crash was fully apparent. This crash was clearly not serious and
the track was damaged; however cars could have continued rolling and it would have meant the race finished under caution. Certainly not the optimal result.
I can see both sides of this issue. At the very least IndyCar
managed to avoid the dangerous NASCAR idea of extending the race
distance in a vainglorious attempt give fans a green flag finish, or
to wreck more cars, it's hard to tell which. That being said if a
race ends under caution, it ends under caution. It's that simple.
This juvenile attempt to placate part-time fans is quite needless.
Somehow a thrilling 470-or-so miles isn't enough to create a fan?
Not every race is going to be decided by inches. That's the reality
of racing. In fact these forced finishes are just as likely to crate
carnage as they are to stage a perfect ending.
At
least that's how I see it, and I sit in the cheap seats.
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