I think it is going to take awhile for some fans to realize that this is a different ballgame. They watched the car being built like a tank, but apparently it hasn't got from the car to the brain yet what that means for the racing. They are going to race pretty clean if there is room, like on a wide oval, but restarts? It's on.
That's really the point - this sort of racing isn't necessarily the norm, or even a NEW norm, for that matter. You're right about the car, and the drivers still need a track that allows for that sort of racing to take place - road courses with slow, wide turn 1's. There aren't too many tracks on the circuit where this sort of racing happens, so IMO, it's not really that big of a deal.
Just like pack racing is a unique part of superspeedway racing, dive bombing/agressive slamming restarts are part of certain road racing. It's a product of the track just as much as the car, imo, because we don't really see this at the more classic RC's like Sonoma or the Glenn.
My own real concern is that these very niche races make running a cup race off-putting for other drivers in different racing disciplines.
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