[Fot] Kastner Cup 2015

[BillDentin at aol.com]

Subject: Re: [Fot] Kastner Cup 2015
<<< From: Doug Mitchell <dmitchel at sbcglobal.net>
To: Sam Halkias <atr6racer at hotmail.com>,Joe Alexander <n197tr4 at cs.com>
CC: Fot <fot at autox.team.net>

I may be wrong, but from the article I read about the Vintage race at Indy, 
it is not on either of the road course but on the oval only. Can't believe 
it would be very interesting. I understand that it would be neat to race on 
the oval, but not very technically interesting. B >>>

Amici...

While I have never raced at Indy, I have done laps there on the oval on 
three different occasions.  For my take...I was amazed at how narrow it was, 
and also how steep the turns are banked, compared to the way it comes across 
watching races on TV.  IMHO...putting a whole bunch of amateur road racers 
out on that oval in competition would be a BIG mistake.

Allowing vintage races on the Indy road course strikes me as a much better 
idea.  While I never raced on it, Bob Wismer and I walked the road coarse 
when they were building it.  It's fine, parts are even interesting, but it 
does not hold a candle to the road courses we are used to. It has all of the 
elevation changes of a frozen lake.

Bill Dentinger