I think Indycar is past the point where a nationwide audience is a target for them. In my opinion, they need to focus on the markets where they have a significant fan following and business partners. Cater to those fans and cities, and possibly host multiple events in them. NASCAR made the mistake of leaving some of their most loyal fan bases and markets to chase growth in areas that were never going to have a long-term interest in their product. Indycar doesn’t have many of those fan bases, but I think they could build them with commitment to their interests.

On that note, I’d like to see some races in the same market paired together with the possibility of some combo ticket packages that offer a discounted ticket for 2 races. Some examples could be the Indy oval and Indy GP, Milwaukee and Road America, Michigan (on Labor Day weekend, return of the “US 500”) and the Detroit GP, St. Pete and Homestead, Nashville Superspeedway and the Nashville GP, Long Beach and the California short track if they ever build it. Maybe even pair Iowa and Gateway. Throw in the races at Texas, Mid-Ohio, Toronto, and Laguna Seca for an 18 race schedule. Barber and Portland could stay on the schedule to get to 20 events. I don’t think the team owners want that many races, but the California short track and a few others I mentioned are major long shots so the schedule would probably stay around 17 or 18.