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Really, for OWRS to survive, at this time at least, they must consider returns on investments. Potential race attendance is a liability at RA and Mid-O and for what gain? As great a track that RA is the casual TV viewing public (which most are in the US) doesn’t really care of the history of RA. RA cannot attract the 100K people that OWRS needs to make it COMMERCIALLY viable. If OWRS drops RA would CBS or Spike really care?
If RA were to go with IRL, TG and T-H and figure that it will be more successful let it be. The crowds will still not be there. The TV audience would STILL not be there.
What is the attraction? Not drivers and cars. The IRL has proven that. Not the track history. Or else the place would be packed with hardcore race fans regardless of who raced there. Not with the local population. There are not enough of them.
The attraction is TG’s and T-H’s money. For RA it’s a business and with TG’s and T-H’s money it can survive. The history of Road America is really not a concern to the track owners it is a matter of business survivability.
Let OWRS and Champcar make a triumphant return to RA when the public sees it as the pinnacle of racing in NA.
Let’s remember Douglas MacArthur and the Phillipines...
...'I (We) will return'...
...and we know what happened to the enemy when he did.......
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