The thing I find interesting is not the lack of spectators - with all of the noise from the cars and the concentration required I seriously doudt the drivers even really notice the crowd - - - what I think is really going to make a difference is the complete lack of practice rounds and qualifying - - - absolutely no track time to test car settings and tire choices before the actual race could make for some interesting happenings and also for pitstops and tire changes that otherwise have been avoided
I also dont understand why they felt skipping practice laps and qualifying was needed - I just dont see how it would have increased virus risks to let the drivers have this pre-race time on the track.
anyway, I hope I am wrong, but it just seems to me that putting cold drivers out on the track for the first time in months in untested cars that have not been fine tuned for the days track conditions is asking for trouble
Is called RUN WHAT YOU BRUNG. That is the way racing started and what NASCAR has done away with. Takes some of the cost out of racing also, meaning the smaller teams could be more equal..