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Please wait Differences in setup approach Since oval turns go in only one direction, the car is setup to be stiffer on the right side because a left turn shifts weight to the right. On a road course, you would generally have a balanced symmetrical setup since you have left and right turns.
On the ovals, the car is optimized to turn left. Everything in the car is made to turn in that direction. If you try a right turn with an oval setup, the car will not turn well at all. Difference in skills required One of the biggest differences between road and oval is the length of the turns.
Road courses put more emphasis on hitting the apex, as more turns are short in comparison to ovals. On the oval side, turns are generally divided by the drivers into entry, center, and exit. When describing handling characteristics, the car may for example behave completely different at the entry of the turn compared to the exit. When the track layout is so simple, its FAR easier to go fast. It takes some practice to get a feel for it and be able to push it to the limit, yes, but unlike road course driving it sticks into your head a lot better.
Oval give you much more confidence to plant your foot to the floor and go for it - especially high-banked ovals. Now you might be expecting me to say that road courses are flat-out more challenging at this point, but I won't.
Because the simple fact is, road courses are only MORE challenging when you're the only car on track. In a race situation, the challenge level is about the same. Its just a different KIND of challenge. When you're on an oval and surrounded by other cars, you have to run as close as you can without hitting them.
Its much harder to make judgment calls to make the right moves at higher speeds, but if that traffic wasn't there for you to worry about, all your focus goes into the speed, making it easier to handle. Because traffic is more spread out on road courses, it's far less of a headache to deal with. This leaves your mind a little more open to hit your marks precisely; and hitting those marks are where the road courses become challenging.
Road course fans are guilty of assuming too much about ovals, as well. Running three-wide battling for the lead at Chicagoland Speedway in with Penske team-mate Helio Castroneves to his inside and Chip Ganassi Racing's Dan Wheldon on his outside, Ryan Briscoe could be forgiven for having a lot on his mind. But as well as the tiny corrections at the wheel and the barrage of radio traffic from his spotter, the fence post at Turn 3 kept drawing his attention.
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