This was bad... [NASCAR]

[Qwertygiy]

I can understand that strategy at the Wibble-Wobble track, but in a track where every stadium pretty much has the same layout; an oval. You just drive fast, turn left, drive fast, turn left for about 3 hours...

Talladega shape (2.5 miles):

Chicagoland shape (1.5 miles):

Atlanta shape (1.5 miles):

Indianapolis shape (2.5 miles):

Martinsville shape (0.5 miles):

Just because it's only got one direction doesn't mean they're all the same. There's also different amounts of banking; some are flat, some are pretty steep.

Now, in qualifying, yes, pretty much all you do is accelerate, decelerate, turn left, accelerate, decelerate, turn left, but when you're racing, you have to know where everyone else is and react to them. You're not going to drive your favorite line if Jeff Gordon is already running it.

All right turns do is make races less competitive -- you have to slow down more, and so only one or two drivers will be able to compete for the win at the end. NASCAR has two tracks like that (, ), and nearly every time there's only been a few cars in contention with a few laps to go. Now, sometimes it's the same way on ovals (Texas was BORRRRRING this spring), but there's often a battle for the lead. There's ALWAYS a battle for the lead at Talladega.