Gene, this is not just the IndyCar owners, its ALL of racing. They were simply leading the way as the more popular motorsport for most of the last century. Cup is that way, NHRA, all the sportscar teams, WoO to a lesser extent. And even USAC teams. I see pics of inside of some of these shops and they arent in a garage being someones house. They are in an industrial park! I dont think its fair to blame the older Indy owners just because they were the first ones to do it.
And next, everbody on here yells because NASCAR gets all the sponsorship dollars, but are the first to bash IndyCar for this, that or the other and say they dont care and are not watching or going to the races. Well we must SUPPORT that series if we want more Clauson's to ever get to Indy! I'm not a fan of everything that happened in the change from the "good ole days" at Indy until now either. But I stuck it out and have seen some great races in IndyCar and even became a huge road racing fan! And have become a huge fan of Kannan, Heilo(who isnt), Dixon ect, as well as Newgarden and Karam. If you think these guys cant drive or are sissy's because they never ran Kokomo, you are just plain wrong, and have bought into some stereyotype that does no one any good!