Indy 500 Daredevils Oppose Double-File Restarts For 2011 Season.
October 26, 2011
Following NASCAR footsteps, Indy 500 car series has been trying out the double-file restarts for the first four road course races of 2011 season. But coming Sunday, for the first time, the double-file restarts will be tried out by Indy 500 drivers on an oval track.
The upcoming race is giving even some of the seasoned pros of the Indy 500 racing, sleepless nights. Majority of the drivers are of the opinion that though this rule change may be exciting for the spectators, it sure is highly dangerous for the drivers as maneuvering cars through tights turns at 200 MPH is going to be very difficult.
Sunday's Indy 500 race is going to be a 500 miles – 200 laps affair around the asphalt-on-brick Indianapolis motor speedway track which is a 2.5 mile rectangular oval.