What is the IRL hiding?

Even if I wanted to keep up with the IRL, I wouldn't be able to do so. What in the world does it mean when all the lap TIMES are listed in speed and not by time? It just goes to show how ignorant or out of touch the IRL is, especially when it comes to road/street courses. When have you ever been to a road or street course and asked another driver or fan what type of laps are they running and they give it to you in speed? NEVER! Why? Because you can't compare speeds on different tracks or even in different sectors of the track! A 1 mph difference means vastly different things depending on the track length and type of circuit. Sheesh, why should I care anyway? It probably all just boils down to another way for the IRL to mask Danica Patrick's severely lacking driving ability on any circuit other than one where all she has to do is keep her foot to the floor all the way around the track and use her weight advantage over everyone else to get any speed out of the car. D. Hughes, Atlanta, GA