Reading the comments and complaints about today's race here and on a few other forums make me question what Indycar fans even want out of the series anymore? Because as far as close competition goes, this was the kind of race that NASCAR has touted as being par for the course for years... Yet I read and hear from fans, drivers and team managers that the race was "A Farce"? "Just Stupid"? Will Power going so far as to ask "What are we doing out there?"
Well, what were they doing out there? Racing in a tight pack lap after lap, sitting like fish in a barrel until somebody decides to throw a hand grenade in there for kicks (IE the common definition of "Pack Racing")? In my opinion, no. All 23 drivers out there today at Fontana were in control of their cars and chose to make dive-bomb passes, chop and squeeze drivers trying to make a pass and go 4, even 5 wide at times in order to gain position... Yet they get out of the car afterwards, turn back around and claim that what they were doing is too dangerous when they are the only ones responsible for putting themselves into those positions of extreme danger in the first place?
It begs to wonder what the reaction to today's racing had been if the cars were closer in looks to LMP1's with fenders, full bodies and roofs... Has NASCAR made the kind of racing we saw at Fontana OK because the fans expect drivers to walk away?
Congratulations to winner of this race. He drove hard all day and had been knocking on the door to victory lane all year.
