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Originally posted by dubkatz:

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I think paul is doing it purely for the money and fame.He will be a well known name in nascar. Most nascar fans are like "champ what?, indy what?, whats a formula 1 car?"
If it doesnt have fenders a tube chassis and pushrods they dont want to hear about it. And we all know there are MILLIONS of nascar fans in the good old US. Anyways, im sure he will do well. as long as they give him a fast car he will win races. and he will make alot of money. Most people that are in champ car that are in it cause they love open wheel racing aspire to step up to f1, not take a step down in the evolutionary racing scene. thats just my 2 pennies.
and i exept the flame suit know for hating nascar.
And i wont root for paul tracy any more.
those d@mn Canadians.

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I agree with you, almost. The fact that Paul will be famous because of his time in NASCAR would be demining to him or any other racer out there today! I "do" think that most of us "true race fans" will remember his time there, but not see that his crowing acheivement will be made there, in NASCAR.

As far as him doing well... Well, that is the great thing about racing, we will have to wait and see! I hope that he will do well, and yes, the fact that he is with RCR is a great leap forward in the sport. I can only imagine what my favorite driver of all time, Boris Said, would do with a team like Roush or Hendrix (in Cup racing anyway).

Your point about the eveloution of drivers to F1, in open wheel, opens up a whole new topic. Can they really cut it? I think they can, but they choose not too. Why? Because I feel that F1 suffers from the same elements as Cup drivers face.

Bottom line... There are Race Car Drivers and there are Rock Stars! Thats just how I feel anyway. This statement comes to mind every weekend I see all the dirt track drivers driving through the town I live in, just to go spend several thousand dollars to have fun.