Originally Posted by hoosier race fan:
There are several markets that IndyCar could potentially have 2 races in at 2 different tracks. Some track owners are reluctant to share their market with another track, but maybe IndyCar could get creative and push some combo ticket packages to get more fans to attend both races/tracks. I’d love to see IndyCar run a 20 race schedule, but the teams don’t seem to support that. I know many of these tracks don’t host IndyCar anymore and maybe some doors have been closed, but here are some ideas for combo packages.
Indy Oval and Road Course (or IRP considering the crowd size at Texas)
COTA and Texas (since they are the only 1.5 mile oval IndyCar will visit)
Road America and Milwaukee Mile
Sonoma and Laguna Seca
Mid-Ohio and Burke Lakefront Airport (bring it back)
Nashville Street and Nashville Super Speedway (bring it back)
Iowa and Gateway (close enough)
Long Beach and Auto Club (probably never going back)
Detroit and Michigan (also probably never going back)
1. Be cool to see a race at IRP. I don't care for the Indy Road Course with the IndyCars. F1 is better. I was at the 1st F1 race there in 2000 and the racing was pretty good.
2. I'm not a fan of COTA. It a typical new F1 track designed by their head idiot architect Hermann Tilke. The the tracks he's designed are boring. IMO. Texas has good racing but no fan support. Maybe due to not a lot of advertising of the race.
3. I like both Road America & the Milwaukee Mile
4. I like Laguna Seca
5. Mid-Ohio is a good race. I have always liked the races at the Burke Lakrfront Airport when CART was there. Thought it was one of the top races each year. 5 wide at the start into turn 1.
6. The Nashville Street race was a joke last year. The Super Speedway is decent racing.
7. Iowa and Gateway are both good race in my opinion.
8. I love the Street Race at Long Beach. Auto Club Speedway hasn't had the best racing and I have bad memories of the Greg Moore accident on the grass inside of turn 4 near the pit lane.
9. I'm not a fan of doubleheader events like they run at Detriot. Go find another track. I liked when they raced at Michigan and the crazy speeds. Thought the racing was good.
10. THOUGHT. NASCAR is in talks with Chicago about a Street Race in Grant Park near the lake Front. Now I do watch their races, but I don't like the idea of a NASCAR Cup Series Street Race in any way. I think a properly promoted and advertised Street Race would would be good if the track layout was thought out with some intelligence. The racing at Chicagoland speedway was ok but it wasn't great either which I think is what led to it's demise. I think the design of the track in Joliet was horriable with no thought.
11. Let's get Roger to build another Nazerath in a better location that could have fan support or build a new oval track specifically with IndyCar racing in mind.
12. BUT SINCE WHERE ON THE TOPIC. NOW A STREET RACE IN DOWNTOWN NEW YORK CITY (MANHATTEN) WOULD BE FUNNY
BUT WHO KNOWS THOUGH. MAYBE WITH THE RIGHT PLANNING IT COULD TURN INTO A GOOD STREET RACE.
Just My opinions.