America is now NASCAR country. It used to be Indycar and NASCAR country. You watched Unser, you turned over to Earnhardt.
Indycar subdivided, cut off its fans, NASCAR swooped them up and they just had no interest in coming back now matter what marketing trick the IRL went with. I guess the motorsport landscape has changed. F1 can be very sterile but its wealthy and carries authority and you can pull in an audience with that.
Anyway - Hinchcliffe did draw in a sponsor to replace GoDaddy so he's on the grid for next year.
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