Posted by admin | Posted in Golf Instruction | Posted on 14-03-2010
What do you think of my ideas to make the IRL and Indy 500 more popular?
1) Take restrictions off the cars. Let the drivers decide how fast is safe and what is unsafe. Is 225 really safer than 240? No.
2) Get the drivers hating each other. Half the reason I watch NASCAR is for the confrontations between the drivers. You don’t need everyone at each others throats every week but show me that you want to beat the other guy.
3) Increase the purses. The Masters Golf Tournament pay 1.3 million to the winner and his expenses are basically travel. He gets his equipment for free. Make first prize at the Indy 500 10 million dollars. That will bring interest from competitors back.
4) Increase the length of the race. When the 500 was started, 500 miles was a test of man and machine, now any one can go 500 miles in their car. Make it 750 or 1000 miles and that will be a test of equipment and driver skill and stamina.
They’ve had restrictions on engines since the 50′s.Normally aspirated had a bigger cubic inch than turbocharged.First it was a USAC rule.One of the reasons for the split in the first place was the ENGINE RULES.CART was using different engines for all of their races,then had to deal with USAC’s rules for the INDY500.Car owners didn’t like the fact that they had to have a different set of rules for the one race that was sanctioned by USAC.The IRL has also gone through a variety of engine packages determined by displacement,turbo/non-turbo etc.The current engine package(HONDA) will probably be around for a while.
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