The glory days of IndyCars was not the late 80s, despite popular opinion, Nascar and open wheel were not equal in 1996. Far from it.

If you look at the days of past glories, 33 cars were started at places like Pocono Michigan and Ontario in the 1970s/early 80s. Milwaukee hovered around 26, but as has been said before, I don't think their future is there anyway.

I think we can all agree 20-22 is not going to get it done on a 2-2.5 mile track.