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Indy remains a happening
Jul
21
Indianapolis Motor Speedway was not built to host stock-car racing.
The annual Allstate 400 typically does not provide the same level of excitement – either in anticipation or actual on-track jousting – as the Indianapolis 500.
The Indy 500 remains a sporting event of world-wide importance. To that part of the world outside the NASCAR loop, the Allstate 400 is simply another stock-car race.
The hundreds of thousands of fans who will attend Sunday’s Allstate 400 will be able to see only a small portion of the track.
None of this matters.
When NASCAR rolls into Indianapolis Motor Speedway, it’s a happening. When Chevrolets, Toyotas, Fords and Dodges are pushed along Gasoline Alley, cameras snap and people pay attention. Thousands will stand in anticipation along the frontstretch canyon of grandstands as the field approaches the green flag.
The racing probably won’t be riveting. The track is too flat and too tight to promote side-by-side competition by hulking stockers.
NASCAR racing at Indy always will be more art than science. But that’s OK.
It’s still Indy.
The annual Allstate 400 typically does not provide the same level of excitement – either in anticipation or actual on-track jousting – as the Indianapolis 500.
The Indy 500 remains a sporting event of world-wide importance. To that part of the world outside the NASCAR loop, the Allstate 400 is simply another stock-car race.
The hundreds of thousands of fans who will attend Sunday’s Allstate 400 will be able to see only a small portion of the track.
None of this matters.
When NASCAR rolls into Indianapolis Motor Speedway, it’s a happening. When Chevrolets, Toyotas, Fords and Dodges are pushed along Gasoline Alley, cameras snap and people pay attention. Thousands will stand in anticipation along the frontstretch canyon of grandstands as the field approaches the green flag.
The racing probably won’t be riveting. The track is too flat and too tight to promote side-by-side competition by hulking stockers.
NASCAR racing at Indy always will be more art than science. But that’s OK.
It’s still Indy.
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