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Originally Posted by broadrun96
The chassis isn't my complaint, you can't have them without what did it in, escalating costs. With 2 builders building a spec chassis one will end up better and everyone will go there unless the other is allowed to develop. And that's more money
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After the split everyone ended running Lola's and Cosworth's so it was effectively less than what it is now.
That is not what caused the demise.
Losing major players like Penske and Ganassi to the IRL was a major, splitting the resources and the talent.
All of that created the issues.
And mending the fences and the response of the public audience has taken ages.
But if you get division away from the central them you will go back through it all again.
Sure you had the Swift at the end, which was a great car, but it wasn't an oval car..... And that was never going to work while your theme was based around the Indy 500. Going road racing only would pit you against IMSA.
You have to have ovals in series. If you 18 races a 1/3rd should be ovals or short ovals.
So Milwaukee, Richmond, Iowa, Texas, Gateway and Indy are essential. Throw in a Homestead or a New Hampshire and youre getting there.