Although I would have loved to see the roadsters at Indy, I would say the glory years of the 500 were the 70's. That is when they added a lot of seats and the crowds were huge with new speed records every year. I was at Indy when Jack Hewitt, Steve Kinser, and Billy Boat ran. The crowds were bad. Like Vukie said That ship sailed years ago. Right or wrong its the way it is.