I do watch the races and I even enjoy them from time to time. But the DP cars are uninspiring. As typical of Spec racing, sooner or later one chassis is determined to be the "best" overall and that is what everybody switches to. It then gets even less inspiring.
NASCAR thinks that because they call a car a Chevy or Ford that I will relate that race car to the actual brand. I don't. Not at all. I want products from real cars being use. The DP's at least use branded engines, but I have no idea if any of those engines really have any of the manufacturers parts in them... other than the BMW. But somehow, it is not as aluring as the true prototypes in ALMS.
The GT class is another deception. Some of the cars are real cars. Some of them are purpose built race cars being pawned off as real cars. If you are going to use tube frame, fine, just make it clear and make it its own class. Don't mix them in with real cars and say the Mazda beat the Porshce. It didn't. A car with a tube frame and a Mazda-like shell beat a Porsche. I guess it is splitting hairs, but for me, it is a sticking point.
But, at least the do run some road courses and we get a look at some tracks we won't see in the ALMS. I don't know how long the road courses will last though if they start doing more NASCAR support races. Then we will see more of the icky rovals. |