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Originally Posted by bella
and indy lights... is it too expensive? or is there just a lack of drivers willing to take part because it's not going to get them a career any more?
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Indy Lights run a 11 year old car. It is not relevant to today's racing in North America. The cars are simple, but for the costs, it has deflected drivers towards Star Mazda.
That brings up Star Mazda. A good value for money today, as the winner gets a full season in Lights. Hence why we see a decent grid in Star Mazda this year.
Realistically this seems to be more of an issue within the British Isles. Racing in Europe has become so centralized in it's ladder system that the national series have struggled (and the Brit series' were the strongest of those). We've talked into detail about that and the decline in F3 due to other choices in Europe, so I won't go into detail.
Single seater racing is at it's height IMO. Especially in North America. While, yes the number of American-born drivers don't reflect such, the return of paying gigs in IndyCar have brought those young kids who viewed the way to get paid in motorsport is NASCAR to stick with the single seaters.