Post by possum on Jun 12, 2021 21:21:22 GMT -5
Well, the first night of the SRX series is underway. Overall, I'm more impressed than I expected. It took awhile for the drivers to get comfortable, but in the feature there was some decent racing.
The cars do look slow, or to be more specific they look underpowered and overtired. Maybe they're not geared right for the track, or maybe the Ilmor just doesn't like to rev. It would be interesting to see one run head-to-head with a pavement late model, to see if they're really slow or just look that way (the old Crashmasters series on ESPN, using Jaguar XJ220s, looked very slow because the cars were simply way too good for the track, but I don't think that's the case here).
Shaky performance from the CBS crew - they need to lose the drone, and step up their replay booth. And, of course, in the second heat they broke for commercial immediately before the only real action in the heat, and weren't prepared to break back from commercial.
Nice end to the second heat, tho, with local driver Doug Coby taking Michael Waltrip to school. And then he took everyone else to school in the feature, altho Biffle kept him close in second. It was pretty clear the drivers who currently race have an advantage over those like Ribbs, Tracy, and Elliott who don't.
The cars do look slow, or to be more specific they look underpowered and overtired. Maybe they're not geared right for the track, or maybe the Ilmor just doesn't like to rev. It would be interesting to see one run head-to-head with a pavement late model, to see if they're really slow or just look that way (the old Crashmasters series on ESPN, using Jaguar XJ220s, looked very slow because the cars were simply way too good for the track, but I don't think that's the case here).
Shaky performance from the CBS crew - they need to lose the drone, and step up their replay booth. And, of course, in the second heat they broke for commercial immediately before the only real action in the heat, and weren't prepared to break back from commercial.
Nice end to the second heat, tho, with local driver Doug Coby taking Michael Waltrip to school. And then he took everyone else to school in the feature, altho Biffle kept him close in second. It was pretty clear the drivers who currently race have an advantage over those like Ribbs, Tracy, and Elliott who don't.