> I like to see races where a driver overtakes another driver and figures out how to pass him. The other driver has to figure out how to keep from being passed. If somebody wrecks, the other cars have a chance to miss them. Smart teams figure out how to make their cars faster than the other cars. But at Talladega, everybody has the same amount of power and they all travel at the same speed. The 35th place car is usually only about 2 seconds behind the first place car. What kind of a race is that?

I never understood that kind of race either. I don't get the point of giving all the drivers cars capable of *exactly* the same thing - as you've illustrated, that leads to races in which all of the cars are wont to be in the same place the whole time. Races are much more exciting - and, to my thinking, much less a matter of luck - if the drivers have a bit of freedom over their cars.