[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by The Happy Track Fan

You're kidding right?

Sonoma and Baltimore were two of the very worst Indy Car/Champ Car races I have ever seen in my 35 some odd years of watching North American top-tier open wheel racing, and they came back-to-back.

Imagine someone watching Sonoma for the first time, and a seasoned Indy Car fan says to them "ah that was a fluky race, it will be much better next weekend" and then you show Baltimore to them!!!!! Yikes. New fan permanently lost.

If you want to show a new fan how exciting this sport can be, show them the last couple of Indy 500's. Or show them the set up and pass of Kimball on Pagenaud at Mid-Ohio. Or show them how Hinch set up Sato on the last lap at Sao Paulo (although in all fairness, it was a lot of yellow flags too). But, those are the moments that show Indy Car at it's best. Defiinitely not Sonoma and Baltimore!!

Neither Sonoma or Baltimore were ever part of the Champ Car series.