KeyWay, I am certain that you are correct about the capabilites of some mini cup cars. On the show they claim that these are not "toys", but serious race machines capable of hitting 60 mph. They are not hitting 60 on the show if you time a lap on that track.
Either way, the general concensus when a viewer sees these things putting around the track and watching them struggle to gain speed from a dead stop is that they are more akin to go-karts.
Despite what similar machines may be capable of, we are left listening to engines that do not have the roar of nascar, but more the put-put-put of a modified Briggs & Stratton, and it is very boring. The comedic factor is watching a 200+ pound guy struggle to squeeze in and out through the roof and the checkered flag that is half the size of the car.
The use of these mini cars is just another of many inherent shortcommings of RR - like attempting to pass Jabba off as a Donald trump or passing his no-name brother off as a racing legend.
Mini cup cars hitting 40mph is at the other end of the spectrum from pursuing ones dreams at 200 mph (website promo). The original premise of the show was selecting the best candidates out of 16,000 wanna bees, teaching them how to drive, and putting them behind the wheel in competition in real race cars with the winner getting $750K.
This has been boiled down to friends of the Schaefers competing to get dressed in a square after playing a game of pin the tail on the donkey and then graduating to go-karts for a $1,000 with no mention of the $750k pot of gold. Saying it is very lame is being complimentary.
Not addressing the original premise of the show and passing all of this low budget crap off as metting the obligations to shareholders is what makes RRGI a scam.
Stan
