I love oval racing and OW cars on ovals. I just don't like OW cars at Texas. I understand that even though I don't like this track/race, some do. That's fine with me.
Looking at posts on this forum from previous 4 races (because this forum is the epitome of correct opinions), most opinions (outside my own) of Texas seem to be either "crazy scary" or "meh".
Here are some “excuses” for questionable driving standards which leads to a few more questions for the current management of the series.
http://sports.usatoday.com/2017/06/1...-half-of-2017/
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Four races in 14 days – the Indy 500, the Detroit Grand Prix doubleheader and the oval race at Texas Motor Speedway – put a strain on everyone.
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RE: attendance I doubt we'll ever see any from Texas (and I've been looking), I’d expect them to be similar to PIR, Pocono, to lightly higher.
However, according to Miller/Pruett podcast, NBC Ratings were up this year from last year's Texas race, fwiw. That could be due to many factors including the postponement of last year's event to the sheer bat$hit craziness of this years, or the general uptick in series popularity.
Here's what they looked like at Barber and Road America last year and Detroit this year. Granted, it's a little out of context here, but attendance numbers are tough to find. It does leave me wondering what is going with the speedway attendances, outside of Indy. This is perhaps best left to the “state of IndyCar” thread….
Detroit: 100K over the weekend (combined with IMSA) – (30K for Sunday and Race 2)
http://motorsports.nbcsports.com/201...gure-of-83765/
Barber: 86K over the weekend (30K for Race day)
http://www.dbusiness.com/daily-news/...ation-Records/
Road America is around 50K for race day
http://www.indycar.com/News/2016/06/...r-Road-America