September, 2000
Featured Question
A multipart question. Now that CART has announced a ban on all
in-season testing, is this really good for the sport? Will it raise DNF's as teams are not quite
prepared for races? Will the four hours of practice the first day make up for it? Do you, the
fan, really want to see just one qualifying session on the road/street circuits? And will this
hurt up and coming drivers trying to find a ride once the season starts because they can no longer
show their stuff during testing? Will this better the racing because the teams will devote all
their energies towards the race weekend and not be tired out by all the testing? Will we get to
see more races added this way?
To tell you the truth,I dont see why the teams waste the time,money,effort,and man power to test at a track months or weeks in advance before going there?I mean the conditions might not be the same so why bother?Give your team a well deserved break.It will cut the costs of operations to the teams that dont have the funding of say a Penske or a Ganassi,as far as the drivers go,look what happens to a driver that is in the hunt for the championship,like Dario,cracking up his body during a test session.However there must be a way to get the new talents out there some seat time.
Jeff (Emmofan@aol.com)
Indy, In - Sunday, October 08, 2000 at 17:02:03 (PDT)
Quite honestly I believe it is good to reduce the amount of in-season testing, but I do think that banning it will mean that we will see considerably more DNFs, and it will hurt the development of CART. I suppose it does give room for more races to be added to the schedule, but I think the schedule is already pretty much packed as it is. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see a race every weekend, but it's obviously not practical. My solution would be to limit in-season testing to a small number of days per team. I'm not quite sure what the situation is now with testing (being in Australia, I only really pick up info from the net and a tiny mount from our delayed, cut telecasts), but I really think teams should have an opportunity to have some in-season testing so they can improve their performance, or eliminate any problems that they find.
Nicholas Deutscher (nicholasd03@optusnet.com.au)
Wollongong, NSW Australia - Monday, October 02, 2000 at 01:11:44 (PDT)
Let me start by first saying "I can't believe the series will no longer be coming to Vancouver (after next year). Street races are the best, although I'd like to see more room for passing. Now to your questions. I like CART's idea here. I'd like to see more attention focused on the race at hand, not on testing courses! I think the teams are all so good and competitive that this won't affect things too much, however they need more practice & qualifying time. I am hoping this will open up more opportunities for more races. But why no more Vancouver? It averages 170,000 fans each year. Race day has more people than triple what was at St. Louis. Is this a good decision for CART? CART wonders where the viewing audience is. They are all outdoors enjoying the summer sun!
Sandy - Canadian Race Fan
Vancouver, BC Canada - Monday, September 25, 2000 at 14:35:09 (PDT)
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