Goodbye IRL

[climb]

Originally Posted by venturi

...Tony George you shortsighted...

Very shortsighted , indeed: except from general economic crisis, IRL is probably the only series in the States who will not suffer from the imminent GM breakdown, whereas ALMS risks to disappear and Nascar as well risk to have alot of empty spots on their grid, for the same reason

Originally Posted by venturi

... you could have had a great international series akin to the Champcars of old

A great series indeed, just a little detail: they fell into bankruptcy

Originally Posted by venturi

unfortunately you have chosen to play second fiddle to Nascar , putting together an American based series with old open wheel race cars racing on ovals that no one else in the world could give two @#ts about .

Yes , whereas series like A1 GP are drowning into money, with billions of fans...

Originally Posted by venturi

I've really enjoyed the last 15 -20 years of american open wheel series , but this may well be the end for me , ovals have no interest for me and like wise for a lot of the population outside the US .

Where is the problem? with all the choice you have, just pick some about the ones that will survive the incoming winter.

Originally Posted by venturi

What else has this series to offer ???????

... just some cars racing next year, probably, but more than many other series, that next year will shut up shop.

[EGG]

This is a shame, and about kills my interest in north american OW racing. I guess I'll remain hopeful that Graham Rahal might make the switch to GP2, and then to better things, but it seems unlikely.

I stumbled onto an old NYT article earlier this afternoon, stating attendance figures as estimated by Goodyear. ~3mil/year for nascar, 2.4mil for F1 and 2.1mil for 'IndyCar'. I then noticed the article dated to 1989, and those days are long gone.