[MikeNoun]

Originally Posted by The Champ

Mike

They start the Indy 500 THREE wide.

If they can start three wide - they can restart at least double file and they shouldn't have to stretch the cars out over a mile.

Unless the drivers can't handle their cars properly after a few laps of racing.

NASCAR can pull off a restart with 43 cars on a half mile track double file.

It's not too much to expect Indy Cars to restart 33 cars on a 2.5 mile track double file.

Champ, we've been through this all before. Again, they start 3-wide at Indy because it's TRADITION. They also still sing "Back Home Again In Indiana", and the winning driver still takes a swig of milk at the end. It's the oldest race and most famous race in the world, and they don't change traditions.

And they DO start 2-wide in IndyCar (do you even WATCH IndyCar?). The drivers complained. It's too dangerous in an open-wheeled car to run wheel-to-wheel on restarts, but they start and restart 2-wide at most tracks to appease the fans. I'm not sure why you're fixated on this little insignificant piece of trivia, but you keep bringing it up.

You can take an F1 or IndyCar driver and put them in a NASCAR car or truck, and they can run a full race. It's not that hard. The hard part is winning, being competitive, being consistent. That's what separates the Top 20 from the rest of the pack. But you can't take a NASCAR driver and put them in an F1 car for an entire race. They'd pass out. They don't have the physical conditioning required to endure the g-forces for more than a lap or two.

An F1 driver is like an F-16 fighter pilot, and a NASCAR driver is like a Boeing 777 pilot. One is all about speed, g-forces, and the highest tech in the world. The other is about being smooth and steady for long hours at a time. Yet they're both excellent pilots.