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[Walt Wimer]

I have nothing against the foreign drives!!  Just that I don't know them or their history, so find it hard to get interested in a bunch of cars running around a track with drivers I know nothing about!!  I suppose that's my fault that I don't follow Formula 1 racing and know all about these guys when all of a sudden they come to the US and start running Indy Cars!!  Been a race fan for over 65 years, but never got interested in what was going on across the Big Pond!!   Give me local dirt track action any day!!!   Even over NASCAR!!     I doubt many grass roots short track American race fans pay much attention to Formula 1 racing either!!  No longer do drivers start out on dirt tracks with stocks or Sprint Cars and go to Indy and I think that has hurt Indy Car racing big time.  Sprint Cars used to be the way to Indy decades ago, but long time since that has been the case!!  

 

GOOD RACING!!!

 

Walt 

[TCM29]

I have nothing against the foreign drives!!  Just that I don't know them or their history, so find it hard to get interested in a bunch of cars running around a track with drivers I know nothing about!!  I suppose that's my fault that I don't follow Formula 1 racing and know all about these guys when all of a sudden they come to the US and start running Indy Cars!!  Been a race fan for over 65 years, but never got interested in what was going on across the Big Pond!!   Give me local dirt track action any day!!!   Even over NASCAR!!     I doubt many grass roots short track American race fans pay much attention to Formula 1 racing either!!  No longer do drivers start out on dirt tracks with stocks or Sprint Cars and go to Indy and I think that has hurt Indy Car racing big time.  Sprint Cars used to be the way to Indy decades ago, but long time since that has been the case!!  

 

GOOD RACING!!!

 

Walt 

Agree 100%- and so do many others. For the record, Jim Clark was a great driver and well received at Indy.  Sadly, the road to upper Nascar is limited these days for grass roots racers much like Indy became in the early 70's. At least many are now working in the industry at many levels.

Don't pay attention to the name caller. That's the libtards pet word for anything they disagree with these days. 

Edited by TCM29, 27 May 2016 - 12:20 PM.