March, 1999
Featured Question
The CART schedule is now up to 20 races with rumors of more to be added
in the near future. Do you feel that the rapid expansion of the schedule will cause competitiveness
to decrease as the crews and drivers get overworked and possibly burnt out?
I think that adding more races onto the schedule would be
an advantage to the whole team. It would give the drivers
plenty of experience, especially when they are rookies. It
would also give the rest of the team a chance to try different things that didn't work on the previous race.
shelly westray
KOKOMO, INDIANA U.S.A. - Friday, March 26, 1999 at 07:08:06 (PST)
I think the schedule should be expanded to about 25 races, with a balance of ovals road/street courses. Ideally, I'd like to see the schedule be 1/4 short ovals, 1/4 superspeedways, 1/4 street courses, 1/4 real road courses.
Clearly there needs to be more limits on testing than currently takes place. I feel there should be a strict limit on the number of tests from (based on this years schedule) March 1 till season end. Like maybe 3 days total.
Off season, CART should add a road course spring training (or go back to the idea of using Homestead's road course), and limit the number of days severely as well.
If a tire company thinks it needs test time, it must invite ALL teams and pay for the track time for all teams.
Kevin Coulter (kjc@megsinet.net)
Brookfield, IL USA - Saturday, March 13, 1999 at 19:40:05 (PST)
Schedule expansion is only possible is reductions in test time are made as well. Otherwise, the crews will burn out. The other scenerio is the teams getting more money to hire additional crew to assist in turning the cars around for the next race. Expansion is possible and I'd love to see it, but it cannot happen unless some other things like those I mentioned happen first.
Dave Levin (racinnut@ameritech.net)
Highland Park, IL USA - Wednesday, March 10, 1999 at 19:33:16 (PST)
They won't burn out. Teams may need to take on more people, like some of the bigger NASCAR teams that rotate crew members between track and shop jobs. And they'll need to increase their stock of cars and engines.
20 races a year isn't anywhere near the limit for drivers.
Ken Plotkin (kplotkin@clark.net)
Vienna, VA US - Wednesday, March 10, 1999 at 09:41:00 (PST)
I think it all depends on if CART's expansion occures with the expansion
of sponsorship. If there is enough money to go around for teams
to hire more people expansion won't be a problem. But, if CART begins adding
races and the money doesn't increase, there could be problems.
So far, sponsorship dollars look good, and growing.
TC (tc@ibm.net)
- Tuesday, March 09, 1999 at 16:34:59 (PST)
It would be difficult to place a limit to the number of races the CART series can have to maintain it's current competitiveness. I believe they do have room for at least a couple more without having to drop another venue. I'm certainly fortunate to have several to attend in the Midwest:)
Christa Laszczkowski (kchrista@worldnet.att.net)
Arlington Heights, IL United States - Tuesday, March 09, 1999 at 13:42:34 (PST)
I think that CART can grow a bit more. They need to be careful about race and test schedules to ensure that the crews get enough time to have a real life.
I don't agree with Bill regarding the need to somehow derail NASCAR. I think that CART can prosper alongside NASCAR just fine.
Brian Jackson (brianj@pacbell.net)
San Francisco, CA USA - Tuesday, March 09, 1999 at 11:05:23 (PST)
I think that CART should continue to expand as fast as possible
in order to repel the evil boxcar horde known as NASCAR.
I also think the current "parity" being hyped in CART is
overrated; Ganassi has dominated the last three seasons
despite the popular media threads running contrary to this.
Based on this, my opinion is that the "parity" is not worth
preserving.
Bill Clare (bclare18@juno.com)
Bergen, NY USA - Tuesday, March 09, 1999 at 09:22:39 (PST)
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