2007-03-11 17:08:41 · 17 answers · asked by Ruby 2 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
Absolutely! Anytime you all teams to practice and test, then change the tire right before the race, it is going to screw all the teams. Some got it close yesterday, many did not.
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2007-03-12 06:42:48 · answer #1 · answered by T from Texas 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Overall it was a good race.I think that it will take getting use to but some of the improvements may have lead to accidents in both events Areas of the track appeared to be poorly designed while other areas were really good for the event.
More tire testing and a better compound is needed.
And as far as the outcome there were some events on the track that could have played a role in the out come but more that likely had no significant bearing on the race.
2007-03-12 01:25:51 · answer #2 · answered by blakree 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, the question is really not valid because you can't really compare and ask " did the changes affect the outcome", since Las Vegas is a completely new track, just in the same location as the old one. It would be the same as comparing 2 tracks next to each other, they are different tracks completely. If it would have been a resurface only then yes. And the same driver won again.
2007-03-12 02:38:48 · answer #3 · answered by RUSH MAKES OBAMA CRY !! A LOT !! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To a degree it did but if you look at the guys that were running the best it was the same drivers that traditionally do good at Vegas racing for the win at the end. The drivers were saying that it was such a fine line between going fast and wrecking. I think that favors the guys that have been around for awhile and are a little more in tune to what their car is doing and what it needs to make it better.
2007-03-12 03:33:03 · answer #4 · answered by Tregosteevo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. The cream came to the top as it always seems to do on tracks that everyone is complaining about. I mean, you had Gordon leading the most laps and would have won if not for that last caution, Johnson, Stewart, Martin, Burton, Earnhart. They were all there at the end. Good drivers always seem to adapt. You will see more of this with the Car of Tomorrow at Bristol.
2007-03-12 08:30:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
With out a doubt!! Casey Mears has one of the best average finishes at LVMS and was taken out on lap 17 and we never knew what he had, Clint Bowyer ran up front most of the day and wrecked, Kasey Kahne ran up front all day and wrecked, and there were a bunch of good cars several laps down (Harvick, Riggs, Sorenson, Kurt Busch). Plus, almost no one was happy with there car. If they could have raced instead of trying to avoid a wreck, things would have been much different. Track position was everything. No matter who got out front, they checked out and had a HUGE lead.
2007-03-11 17:22:14 · answer #6 · answered by jaynarie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't think so, the guy who won the past two races won the race today.. JIMMIE. and Casey was in the wrong place. That Robby Gordon is a menace in the Track. He should quit NASCAR
2007-03-11 18:02:21 · answer #7 · answered by m!rI@m♥'s#48 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously not...Jimmie Johnson won the last two before the changes and this one after the changes.
2007-03-12 00:56:41 · answer #8 · answered by Diana S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the tire compound had as much to do with it as anything.Goodyear could have used at least a 20% softer tire.I bet that would have helped a lot.
2007-03-11 18:21:23 · answer #9 · answered by King pin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but NASCAR cheating for Jimmie Johnson surely affected the outcome.
2007-03-11 18:34:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋