That could be taken as a compliment, though it would be the most inappropriate name for an AI driver bot.Will Power is a GT6 AI
The green flag wasnt waving when Hawksworth's radio said "green" so how is that Powers fault? Those guys were crashing before Power reached the start cone.I cant believe they did nothing to Will Power after that move
The racing was solid and competitive as usual. Just wish they would drop the tire gimmick. Gimmicks in racing need to die.
The green flag wasnt waving when Hawksworth's radio said "green" so how is that Powers fault? Those guys were crashing before Power reached the start cone.
Huge miscommunication somewhere. Either way, hate to see cars getting torn up over something like thatFrom what Scott Dixon said in his interview, they apparently moved the restart line.
He looked slow because everybody else went out of turn.Instead of accelerating he slowed down to 30mph. The 2nd restart was done correctly. Its a good thing Power is in Indycar. If he were in NASCAR he wouldnt finish the next race.
Heck, NASCAR has been getting all the top U.S. talent for a while. Jeff Gordon was originally going to be an open wheel star, but he went to NASCAR. No one knows about these young rookie IndyCar drivers when they show up. The support ladder isn't marketed at all. Indy Lites is rarely even shown. In NASCAR, you know who's next up for a Sprint Cup ride because you see the guys in Nationwide and Camping World Trucks battling the likes of Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick.And all the hotshot rookies are a bunch of columbians and an englishman. NASCAR once again won in the driver battle and snatched up Kyle Larson from Indycar.
If Indycar cant attract top notch American talent, the series will never grow again where it needs to first: in the states. If Indycar could pay drivers anything near NASCAR money, you would have AJ Allmendinger and Kyle Larson in the sereis right now. And things would be very different, or at least better.
Heck, NASCAR has been getting all the top U.S. talent for a while. Jeff Gordon was originally going to be an open wheel star, but he went to NASCAR. No one knows about these young rookie IndyCar drivers when they show up. The support ladder isn't marketed at all. Indy Lites is rarely even shown. In NASCAR, you know who's next up for a Sprint Cup ride because you see the guys in Nationwide and Camping World Trucks battling the likes of Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick.
I'm not so sure about the talent part. 3 years into Danica's IndyCar career, she was top 10 pace every week with top equipment. Now she's maybe top 25 every week with top equipment in NASCAR. Juan Montoya never won an oval race in NASCAR Sprint Cup even though he won in F1; however, I'm not saying Jimmie Johnson could go win 6 F1 titles or anything.I remember when Scott Pruett raced full season in NASCAR. He wasn't nearly competitive albeit he was on a crappy team. When Ganassi brought Dario and Evernham had Carpentier, neither had any success in NASCAR.First off not sure how you can gauge that since this sport is more likely to promote a drive to F1 then NASCAR ever will. Also NASCAR drivers through the years have easily wanted to jump in a Indy car especially for the big race. The problem that you and @Earth seems to forget is that Indy has as much talent as Cup and will keep having as much but the money to be made between the two is vastly different. A mid pack driver makes a decent wage especially if supplied with sponsors than that of a lower top ten to fifteenth placing driver. NASCAR has all the money and Indy really doesn't have a ton of money to throw around unless your a top tier winning driver.
Danica is making more now in Cup then she would be in Indy.
First off not sure how you can gauge that since this sport is more likely to promote a drive to F1 then NASCAR ever will. Also NASCAR drivers through the years have easily wanted to jump in a Indy car especially for the big race. The problem that you and @Earth seems to forget is that Indy has as much talent as Cup and will keep having as much but the money to be made between the two is vastly different. A mid pack driver makes a decent wage especially if supplied with sponsors than that of a lower top ten to fifteenth placing driver. NASCAR has all the money and Indy really doesn't have a ton of money to throw around unless your a top tier winning driver.
Danica is making more now in Cup then she would be in Indy.
I'm not so sure about the talent part. 3 years into Danica's IndyCar career, she was top 10 pace every week with top equipment. Now she's maybe top 25 every week with top equipment in NASCAR. Juan Montoya never won an oval race in NASCAR Sprint Cup even though he won in F1; however, I'm not saying Jimmie Johnson could go win 6 F1 titles or anything.I remember when Scott Pruett raced full season in NASCAR. He wasn't nearly competitive albeit he was on a crappy team. When Ganassi brought Dario and Evernham had Carpentier, neither had any success in NASCAR.
With NASCAR's wealth, it would be a terrible business decision for a talented young American driver to choose Indycar over NASCAR, even with Indycar providing the possibility of a F1 drive.
The top NASCAR drivers get paid as much as the top F1 drivers.
And in NASCAR your not one bad or mediocre year from being fired like you are in F1. So in NASCAR you get paid just as much money, and you have more job security. Why go after F1? Only if you cant get a NASCAR ride. So chase the F1 dream that will likely end up in failure after 1-2 years (and be just the 3rd American driver in 20 years to race F1, with neither lasting more then 2 seasons), or go to the land of milk and honey that is NASCAR. Easy choice.
Theres loads of talent in Indycar. Maybe the best road racers outside of F1. Most of them are not American though. Australians are rooting for Ricciardo, not Power. Brazilians Massa, not Castroneves. So you really dont have the international audience. American drivers doing well in Indycar can sort of be likened to Ferrari doing well in F1. It helps the sport.
decent run in Penske equipment doesn't help your argument enough.
Give the NASCAR guys more credit. It looks simple on tv, but it takes a lot of skill to rub doors in a 3000+ pound car with super small and narrow tires with all the power those cars have.Yes and Ganassi wasn't good at all during that time frame hence teaming up with DEI, and now he's not with DEI but rather using his Telemex money from TUSC in NASCAR. The equipment wasn't great at Evernham and the biggest problem was the learning curve that NASCAR creates, where these are trucks compared to what an Indy or F1 driver is use to, also there are not nearly as many cars in Indy compared to NASCAR with the season Danica ran having anywhere from 16/17-24/25 full time runners in the season. And then only a small group being top tier equipment, she ended up being last of the best equipment most times during the year. She is not a complete buffoon and has shown she can be quick even in NASCAR the problem is there are just too many bodies and too many laps for her not to get in trouble it seems. Also she too was rushed up the ladder, I mean look at the newest drivers that have battled the cup contenders week in and out and then look at those winning Nationwide and Trucks...a bunch of old hats most times with the occasional new guy beating them (which isn't hard). And you call that "talent" the only new guy I'm impressed with thus far is Kyle Larson but none of the bright stars before or at the same time have done anything special.
Also guys that are up for F1 feeder gigs on this side of the planet and have potential usually take the easier route that doesn't seem financially impossible and they go for Indy Racing, unless there you know U.S. born most times. Oh and just because Danica was top ten pace didn't mean she finished there, as evidence also shows in Cup racing, she is top ten pace during the weekend and ends up not in the same realm at the end of Sunday. Also I'm surprised you didn't use Hornish Jr. but I guess his run in the lower NASCAR series and even his occasional
This is the truth. Market it as fun, exciting, and entertaining rather than OMGG, we are 1.3 mph faster this year at Indy. New aero kits rule! Casual fans don't pay admission to see a science fair.kits mean nothing no casual fans.
Give the NASCAR guys more credit. It looks simple on tv, but it takes a lot of skill to rub doors in a 3000+ pound car with super small and narrow tires with all the power those cars have.
Considering the last American F1 driver failed just as miserably at NASCAR as he did at F1 with a more competitive ride in NASCAR than he had in F1, I don't think it's too hard to say that F1 and NASCAR are both very difficult to succeed in.
No big NASCAR names have started in NASCAR and then went to Indy. We'll see how Kurt Busch does here soon as he's pretty much the first. The only guy who's successfully crossed over since NASCAR has become very popular has been Tony Stewart. Montoya, Villeneuve, John Andretti, Robbie Gordon, Dario, Sam Hornish, Carpentier, Danica, Speed, Fisher, Fittipaldi, Pruett, Raikkonen, and Tracy have all not succeeded. It's not like they're going to the worst teams in the paddock either. Ganassi, Richard Childress, Stewart-Haas, and Penske have all tried one of more of these drivers. Two of those 4 teams had championship winning drivers on them, and all 4 have Daytona 500 champions on them.
Also, calling Danica top 10 pace week in and week out shows you've never watched a NASCAR race other than the 2013 Danica Patrick 500 at Daytona. She may have top 10 pace one practice every 3 or 4 race weekends.