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Originally Posted by DS"
So why don't they encourage the foundation of an independent sanctioning body for IndyCar racing, independent from the IMS? Let it be 1979 all over again, let the tracks that are willing to house open-wheel racing, yet unwilling to work with IndyCar and its restrictive schedule form the foundation of a new series. What is the speedway going to do? Ban them from the 500? Yeah, good luck with that, because you'd be practically banning everyone bar Ed Carpenter and AJ Foyt Racing  |
Robin Miller suggested something like that a couple of months ago, to get the series to offer a longer calender. The problem is making the finances work for the teams independent of series money. Tracks would want to put up less, of course, given the size of crowds that IndyCar draws these days. So you’d need a big TV deal or someone willing to put up a lot of money to make it work. (I'm not advocating this, as you could easily end up with another ugly split, which is the last thing AOWR needs.)