i remember from nascar 2002 or 2003 the guy use to say
"U wooooooooooon, well done.. dinner's on me" or somin like that
and if u didnt win hed say "better luck next time" there were other phrases he said but cant remember them all.. dont spend much time oval racing...
IMO the applause is ok, its quite suttle and i recon it should be kept!!!! it might actually sound better if the game was programmed to know u were on your final lap and the over all crown noise would go up with airhorns hooting etc... be a nice touch.. but do we really need all that?
mad