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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
They've run exhibitions in both Australia & Japan over the past few years.
And there's been one Japanese driver in the Cup series so far (albeit one with minimal impact other than novelty value).
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Chrisitian Fittipaldi debuted in the Cup series this year. I enjoyed Christian through his open-wheel run, but man did he look out of place. I managed to catch the Watkins Glen race and you'd of thought that Fittipaldi had never drove on a road course in his life. Between Kyle Petty (the owner of Fittipaldi's car) and Fittipaldi, it seemed they were off the track every other lap. Just brutal...
The only way I can see NASCAR making a bug impact outside of the US, is if they ran more road courses. I don't think that'd be a bad thing, but would probably upset their core group of fans. I heard though that the ratings were usually high for Watkins and Sears Point, so who knows. I wonder why NASCAR hasn't tried to elevate the Grand-Am series or even try to start a seperate road racing circuit.....