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Because it's gone out of fashion, whether a nominal fork will suffice for track racing as long the head angle adjusted accordingly, Cinelli Vigorelli for instance.
Generally a steep seat tube mean the wheel can be move closer to the seat tube.
A slack seat tube mean the wheel cannot be as close as possible as the seat tube is in the way.
The conventional wisdom suggest it help with frames stiffness, drivetrain effectively (shorter chain), etc. which is not the case nowaday.