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| Juan Pablo Montoya |
   
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2 | 11.11% |
| Kenny Brack |
  
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4 | 22.22% |
| Michael Andretti |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Tony Kanaan |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Gil De Ferran |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Helio Castro Neves |
  
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1 | 5.56% |
| Sam Hornish Jr |
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3 | 16.67% |
| Tomas Scheckter |
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0 | 0% |
| Tony Stewart |
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3 | 16.67% |
| Other (please state) |
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5 | 27.78% |
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10 Aug 2002, 16:21 (Ref:354669)
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Best oval racers in the world?
As in bikes and touring cars, it's hard to make a direct comparison, so I'll allow you 3 choices
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10 Aug 2002, 16:26 (Ref:354671)
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Sorry, can one of the moderators edit the poll? I forgot to allow multiple choices.
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10 Aug 2002, 17:22 (Ref:354693)
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In the "other" catagory I think Rick Mears was probably the best oval racer.
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10 Aug 2002, 17:27 (Ref:354696)
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You got that right, Flatspot! Rick was THE ovalmeister. But I think that the poll is amongst active drivers.
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10 Aug 2002, 20:00 (Ref:354808)
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Flat, Mac you guys hit the nail on the head. There was no one better. Of todays drivers I'd have to say that Italian fella who's dad uesd to race
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10 Aug 2002, 21:44 (Ref:354904)
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Of active drivers, I'd have to go with Kenny Brack. His oval stats from last year speak for themselves!
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11 Aug 2002, 01:54 (Ref:354988)
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As much as it pains me to say it, the best oval racer in the series at the moment is Brack. Although his stats this year are pathetic compared to last year.
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11 Aug 2002, 03:37 (Ref:355037)
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What does everyone have against Brack? :confused:
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11 Aug 2002, 03:53 (Ref:355042)
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Actually, not that much if anything at all. He's quite a good guy.
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11 Aug 2002, 10:35 (Ref:355135)
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Sorry there, I can't seem to make it a multiple choice poll
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14 Aug 2002, 12:24 (Ref:357649)
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Hornish is good around ovals, not many ppl would keep there nerve when going wheel to wheel at 220+ for several laps
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14 Aug 2002, 12:34 (Ref:357658)
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Duane "Pancho" Carter would be my pick... the master of the "high-groove", without the aid of an Afro!
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14 Aug 2002, 18:57 (Ref:357851)
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Sam Hornish Jr or Tony Stewart. Both are really good on ovals. de Ferran is more of a road course man.
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14 Aug 2002, 19:07 (Ref:357859)
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Know someone else who was good "in his day"? Now don't laugh at me for this! Scott Goodyear. Maybe not one of the "best of all time", but he was fast.
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14 Aug 2002, 21:46 (Ref:357980)
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didnt Goodyear get docked a lap one year when he shoulda won Indy?? they stopped scoring him or something... less than ten years ago and my minds blank!
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15 Aug 2002, 04:27 (Ref:358086)
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In 95, he passed the pace car on the last restart and then refused to answer the black flag, so they stopped scoring him. Jacques Villeneuve, who was penalized TWO laps earlier in the race for a similar infraction, went on to victory. That was the last real 500.
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15 Aug 2002, 05:08 (Ref:358098)
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Sam Hornish or Kenny Brack. All-time would be Rick Mears, easily.
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15 Aug 2002, 07:05 (Ref:358124)
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Hard to say, the car and its setup is the dominating factor in any oval contest, so I guess it would come down to who's the bravest and can handle the most nervous (and fastest) setup
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15 Aug 2002, 10:03 (Ref:358208)
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Gil is at his best on road courses, but his IRL results this year certainly suggest that he and Helio are as good as Sam on ovals, epsecially given their lack of experience with the cars and some of the circuits.
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15 Aug 2002, 10:10 (Ref:358210)
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How about Danny Wheldon, I saw Tomas' name there in one list, surely if he's included then Dan deserves more than a mention. Very succesful on Ovals all the time he's been in the US, it would be great to see what he could do in a Champ car, IRL will be a good place to start, but he should be in CART
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15 Aug 2002, 12:29 (Ref:358294)
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Don't know that he was better than Mears, but Tom Sneva was awfully fast on the ovals!
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15 Aug 2002, 13:02 (Ref:358323)
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ah yeah Tom Sneva - what was his nickname?? I remember it was quite cool - he always ran the smallest rear wing possible... oversteer on a superspeedway - can you imagine it?
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ah yeah Tom Sneva - what was his nickname?? I remember it was quite cool - he always ran the smallest rear wing possible... oversteer on a superspeedway - can you imagine it?
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15 Aug 2002, 19:56 (Ref:358601)
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The GAS-MAN.Excellent driver, but I have to go with Mears.
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16 Aug 2002, 12:43 (Ref:359080)
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Fella by the name of Foyt wasn't too bad either. Thing about Mears was that he almost NEVER spun. Amazing. Kevin Cogan was pretty quick too. Mario, obviously. And I will throw out one more who came from drag racing: Danny Ongais ("Danny-On-The-Gas"). I saw him at Mid Ohio in a Porsche - good God he was indecently quick. Had a big one at Indy, was it and never quite regained his form but for sheer speed, I would say Ongais, Sneva and then Mears for the blend of speed and consistency.
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