"NASCAR = More 'Recks than Racing." True or False?

[JohnBM01]

The Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 have both taken place in a classic American weekend of motorsports. With the wonderful effort of Danica Patrick and sheer determination of winner Dan Wheldon, the Indy 500 proved to be an exciting race with about maybe 5 or so Caution periods. I turned away from the Coca-Cola 600 after I saw my boy Jeff Gordon get into trouble early, having something get under the car to beat the left front of his machine. As I was playing my "NCAA March Madness 2005" on my PS2, I watched a little WindTunnel. Then when I seen the Coca Cola 600 and a caution came out, I heard: 17th Caution! Then in a caption, the record for most caution laps in a race was 20 Cautions at... hint- highest-banked oval in NASCAR. Right! Bristol. Well, as the race was complete, a new record was set- over 22 cautions. Somewhere near this many or half is what's EXPECTED on short tracks, but not a longer track like this one!

In a poll introduced during the Coca-Cola 600, there was a poll asking "Why have there been so many wrecks?" There was a tie with 42% based on the aero package and aggressive driving, and the other 16% on a faster track. Henceforth, can you really say that a certain aerodynamics package would be the cause of so many crashes, even in slipstream battles? The only logic behind this would be bump drafting by the stock car boys 'n girls at Daytona and Talladega.

More 'recks than racing? Carry on.

 

[JohnBM01]

On the topic of crashes, in the most recent edition of "Trackside" on Speed Channel, here are some indirect quotes which apply to this year's Coca-Cola 600:

TRACKSIDE @ DOVER, 10:10 PM 6/3/05
"22 cautions...ridiculous. 25% of this year's Coca-Cola 600 was Cautions. Why the cautions? Being agressive is good. Nowadays, it seems TOO aggressive. Best drivers spun out by themselves. Teammates wrecking each other. If Charlotte was grinded all the way around, should make the track better. Cause of wrecks were parts of the track... No reason with all the money teams make, that the track is to blame. Races not to crash, but to win Mark Martin does. "

Indirect Mark Martin quotes
"Wreck too much. We don't wreck these things as much as others do. (implied) Don't take a race car for granted no matter what it is. Protect the car. Seemingly, the sport has changed in which drivers are more aggressive than in times past."

Just a little more insight to this topic...

 

[y2kgamer]

I think they should go back to last year's spoilers (which have one more inch than this year's spoilers).