The cars twist and turn. They slide and dive and slither. The physical demands on the driver are right off the scale. I try to be a good sport about this oval-racing thing, since it's the American way.
Road racing is thought to be a sport of precision, of carefully crafted driving.
Road racing is really all about finding the limit and then trying as hard as heck not to stray too far across the boundary. As Montoya's flashing hands confirmed, road racing is all about saving the car from disaster. And in that respect, road racing is as frustrating a sport as man can conceive, because perfection is unattainable. There will be some hand-wringing about the presence of three Brazilians on the victory podium. But all except the hard-core xenophobes in the IRL must readily admit that the Brazilians have become unofficial citizens of this country.