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Originally Posted by broadrun96
Multiple CART, as in the old USAC sanctioned series running Indy cars or Champ cars depending on your nomenclature preference, teams at the back of the field would buy previous teams cars and race. There were a mix of older cars and old F1 cars over the years so no it's not a general statement. It's a statement of facts from the past. It was generally field fillers and small teams but many of the cars of the 80s and early 90s were developed all season making last year's car obsolete and cars weren't saved back then. Move on and build a new one, sell the old one if someone wanted it and you could always find old Buick and Offy options to race.
I was not comparing the field AT Iowa to what would have run at Iowa in the past but car count to car count outside of a major race. Everything but the 500 would have been happy with a consistent 20-25 teams with a good dozen options to win with a great setup call. So to think 22 is a paltry field is just not accurate for what racing every was, never mind modern racing.
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In the USAC era and the early days of CART, absolutely and particularly with the 500, where there was this mix of older cars, including F1 cars: the Williams FW07 or Longhorn. However, once CART established itself, it was a totally different situation. So much so, that by the mid 90s there were multiple chassis, engine and tyre manufacturers.
As far as car count to car count in a major race is concerned, that does varies from race to race. This weekend it's 22, at COTA it was 24.