Suspense, with the outcome in doubt to the end, provides the voltage for any good sporting event, any entertainment. Give the racers a tight, fair formula, enforce it evenly, and may the best man win. So, close competition is good.
Equal opportunity is good.
The B-word, boring, jumped back into headlines after last weekend's Brickyard 400, as it did this season at Daytona, Las Vegas, California, Dover, Michigan and other tour stops. The competitors say that, from inside the steel cages, the races are anything but boring. That's no doubt true. It's harder to keep a rival a half-second behind than it is to lap the field on cruise. It's a complex and enormous subject.