Conference vmsnet::nascar$note:nascar

293.0. "Feelings on the new TEXAS track" by STOSS1::DPROSE () Tue Apr 08 1997 12:39

    What do others think about the TEXAS track????????
    
    There were alot of complaints from drivers about the track.
    Rusty said a total rebuid is required. (Although during track testing
    some months back he really talked it up )
    Several complained about only one grove.
    
    I have mixed feelings about defending the track because it had come
    down to TEXAS or St Louis on where Bruton would build the track. After
    an announcement of a 1.5 mile oval to be built 100 miles from St Louis
    Bruton went to Ft Worth. Later it was discoved that the press
    announcement was a fake put on but a bunch of Perot folks to try and
    get Bruton to go the Ft Worth. I guess it worked. We will have a new
    1.25 mile track but it will be nothing like the facility that was built
    in Texas.
    
    Oh! Well! enough of what might have been.
    Back to my question....
    
    From what I could see from the satellite feed, It appeared that most
    teams tried to set up the cars like other Bruton Smith tracks and they
    guessed WAY WRONG. Then with the rain and lack of track time, it looked
    like a bunch of what is supposed to be the worlds best drivers made
    some very rookie mistakes. 
    
    I really like DW . But! what he did on the first lap was really stupid
    and no ones fault but his own. Andretti did the same thing a few years
    ago and they all jumped his bones for it.
    
    The BUSCH guys ran a great race on Sat. I didnt see anything out of the
    norm for them. They seemed to lay back and let the track come to them.
    
    I'm sure Jeff Burton likes TEXAS just fine!

    Like all new tracks, bugs have to be worked out. Smith will get it
    done. 10 cautions for a 1.5 mile track is a bit much, but a total
    re-construction I don't think is needed.
    
    BOB Bahre you listening???? Your entering your fifth year of WC races
    and still no passing. :*)
    
    
    CJ

I kinda like the racetrack.

I know that it aint what a lot of purists and/or drivers like but as a
race, I thought it was about all you could ask for.

The current elite ran out in front. Some got wrecked, some blew engines
and clutches, some more got wrecked and in the end a new winner got the
flag.

Rusty Wallace has to be way up the list of people not to listen to,
especially this time. He wrecked hisself.

Gordon, taken out in the Ernie Irvan "incident", had virtually no
comment.

TTom

    
    	I like the track too.  I think it is more of a driver track,  Push
    too hard too fast, you'll crash.  The Richard petty's, benny parsons,
    would also have loved it.  I think the WC drivers may have it a little
    to easy sometimes compared to earlier years of nascar.  Some drivers
    are blaming the track when maybe it really was there fault.  Hint #2.
    
    	Travis