Comments on: In Defense of COTA… https://mrpitbox.com/2024/03/26/in-defense-of-cota/ Nascar videos for all Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:45:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 By: @chrisw443 https://mrpitbox.com/2024/03/26/in-defense-of-cota/#comment-119818 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 07:20:15 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=28043#comment-119818 In reply to @dmurphy1578.

they have a helicopter, stay wide on that through most the race and cut away as needed, we missed so much.

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By: @Mister_Matt_X https://mrpitbox.com/2024/03/26/in-defense-of-cota/#comment-119830 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 07:12:57 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=28043#comment-119830 I was there at the Turn 15 grandstand and it was a good race but the spin outs were a shocker and I was thinking about there was absolutely no cautions for those spin outs and I was thinking “Officials not doing their job to put out the caution… CRAPTASTIC!” but I enjoyed the experience! It was once in a lifetime experience for me especially a track in my neck of the woods from where I live. I’ve heard about this track not only being built but the inaugural US Grand Prix back in 2012 and how it was living up to the hype and expectation but I seriously doubt that I would attend the MotoGP race and US Grand Prix for F1…

F1 is on my list to at least try to attend but it is definitely expensive but also you get tons of people not only across the country but people across the world to attend and pack that place up and it’s equivalent to a worlds fair…

MotoGP is on my list to attend at COTA as well I just never got a chance to get on board to watch a race on television maybe a race here and there to see what it is… but it’s in the outer parts of my racing bubble but as a consideration…

But I hope that NASCAR and SMI will use the track to continue to race there as long as they want as long they put on a great race…

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By: @Missbirdie93 https://mrpitbox.com/2024/03/26/in-defense-of-cota/#comment-119834 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 06:34:23 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=28043#comment-119834 I didn’t get your broadcast since I’m french, and I think one of the problems with fox broadcasting was the ad segments, it was quite often in the most exciting periods… In France we don’t have as many ads (just after the end of each racing sequences) and following the race was interesting there
Also our commentators were great to see the details and also to focus on Christopher Bell’s strategy that almost worked out + all the rare racers like Kobayashi.
I enjoyed that race! A bit too long in my eyes but quite good anyways!

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By: @whiskyfile8673 https://mrpitbox.com/2024/03/26/in-defense-of-cota/#comment-119832 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 04:53:34 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=28043#comment-119832 You’re spot on on Fox’s coverage, it was bad for this race. But for the racing itself, it was probably one of the better road courses for the Cup car. Strategy played a huge part, and the racing was better than previous. Better race craft broadly speaking and T1 wasn’t the calamity it had been. It was a great race, just poorly covered. As far as racing it (in iRacing), it screams the disjointed and awkward rhythm that every Tilke track does. I hate it. It’s an awful track to race (and track limits are silly in iRacing). And Hermann Tilke and his firm are a scourge on racing, and while COTA may be his best track, that is far from a compliment, as everything he touches has made racing worse, boring, and miserable. I award him no points, and may God have mercy on his soul. Granted, you didn’t ask about that aspect lol.

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By: @TheSlothNerd64 https://mrpitbox.com/2024/03/26/in-defense-of-cota/#comment-119831 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 04:38:13 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=28043#comment-119831 I would just run the Next Gen at Superspeedways and Intermediate tracks, and run the Gen 6 at road courses and short tracks.

Yeah I know about cost of doing that (making it not acceptable with teams), but hey, we did it in 2007.

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By: @SpiderPigRex https://mrpitbox.com/2024/03/26/in-defense-of-cota/#comment-119812 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 03:50:20 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=28043#comment-119812 In reply to @noahcoleman5556.

Watkins Glen wasn’t a bad race it was a race race without manufactured drama aka stages which ruined NASCAR everyone thinks every race has to be the best race of the year or it sucks which isn’t true I enjoy competition the faster car wins often in real competitive races without all of the craziness some people want

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By: @crystaljon https://mrpitbox.com/2024/03/26/in-defense-of-cota/#comment-119824 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 02:42:09 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=28043#comment-119824 In reply to @johnvandeventer8668.

@@grimplayz7565 I meant there were still several spinouts in the race. No non-stage cautions doesn’t really mean a clean race.

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By: @grimplayz7565 https://mrpitbox.com/2024/03/26/in-defense-of-cota/#comment-119823 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 02:31:46 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=28043#comment-119823 In reply to @johnvandeventer8668.

@@crystaljonIt’s better than seeing every car crash imo

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By: @VoodooDangerbird https://mrpitbox.com/2024/03/26/in-defense-of-cota/#comment-119827 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 02:19:28 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=28043#comment-119827 In reply to @SuperNASCARrocks.

*2022 Cup Race
2021 was Gen6 & a better race than ‘22.

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By: @VoodooDangerbird https://mrpitbox.com/2024/03/26/in-defense-of-cota/#comment-119826 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 02:12:31 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=28043#comment-119826 In reply to @SuperNASCARrocks.

Xfinity @ Road America is better than Cup. Loved going to Canada Corner in 2023 for Cup race, but it was a Tyler Reddick first win and a 2-man race. (Mostly Reddick had a car to beat, little overtaking) Indy, Xfinity, even trucks was better at Road America than NextGen car.
Cup is boring at most tracks when compared to Xfinity.
This year, a year AFTER a track repave, we get zero of NASCAR’s series at Road America but trucks at Milwaukee Mile….

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