mike
9th October 2005, 07:33 PM
I've been a motorsport fan for a thousand years. Dad used to take me to Oran Park and Amaroo Park. I used to live for motorsport and my childhood hero was Colin Bond. ( Peter Brock's HDT team mate )
Back then a driver would fight his guts out for a lead. If there was an accident, whoopdy friggin doo, you just keep on driving, the flag marshalls would let you know there was oil/body panels/limbs on the track and drivers would drive accordingly.
THESE DAYS there is no incentive for anybody to build on a lead, because some numbskull at the back of the field can have a stack and the field bunches up again. I know it makes for close racing all day but it just isn't fair on the leader who has risked everything to get that far in front.
A classic example was that no-name that ended up in the sand pit at Caltex chase. For God's sake, just hook him up to a winch , pull him outa there and get on with it.
On today's coverage , around lap 120 or so, one of the commentators said how amazing it was for the top 3 to be separated by a few seconds after 4 hours of racing. :roll: Well what do you expect , Bill?
I'm starting to think Damo is right.
Back then a driver would fight his guts out for a lead. If there was an accident, whoopdy friggin doo, you just keep on driving, the flag marshalls would let you know there was oil/body panels/limbs on the track and drivers would drive accordingly.
THESE DAYS there is no incentive for anybody to build on a lead, because some numbskull at the back of the field can have a stack and the field bunches up again. I know it makes for close racing all day but it just isn't fair on the leader who has risked everything to get that far in front.
A classic example was that no-name that ended up in the sand pit at Caltex chase. For God's sake, just hook him up to a winch , pull him outa there and get on with it.
On today's coverage , around lap 120 or so, one of the commentators said how amazing it was for the top 3 to be separated by a few seconds after 4 hours of racing. :roll: Well what do you expect , Bill?
I'm starting to think Damo is right.