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Maybe the answer to why we haven't heard strong rumors yet is that there just isn't anyone really beating down the door wanting to get (back) on the IndyCar schedule. Though the series has been doing better in general, it still doesn't necessarily draw well on ovals, especially ovals outside the Midwest. So, yeah, maybe Homestead is the answer for now for lack of a better option. It's about a four hour drive from St. Pete to Homestead so maybe that's just far enough for it to work. Or come close enough to working to stick around for a couple of years. |
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The issue with street races is that the dates need to be set well in advance. Wikipedia lists St. Pete on March 10 and Long Beach on April 14 next year; I'll presume that those dates are correct and neither can probably be moved at this point.
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So long as TMS is on the schedule, Austin won't be.
I just tried to go through the venues that are even in the right part of the country to be possible at that time of year. The only one from the list that I'd actually like to see back is Fontana. The track at NOLA could certainly be worse, but it's also not the most brilliant place, and there were other issues there in 2015, obviously. Road Atlanta would require added debris fencing, and is probably better being held a month later. If they were willing to entertain NOLA, then VIR seems decidedly closer to being a possibility. All we really know is that Mark Miles said there would be the same number of races in 2019 as this year, and with Phoenix out, something has to be added somewhere to make that happen. |
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I haven't looked at Wikipedia but fair point about street races and dates.
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The latest on Belle Isle, per the the Detroit News: Now Texas Motor Speedway wants the date after Indy, citing the uncertainty surrounding the Detroit race’s future. Key quotes:
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Utah Motorsports Campus (former Miller Motorsports Park) anyone? Though it needs to be a Saturday race there, Sunday races never worked with Grand Am and ALMS considering the local demographics.
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Plus Barber is less than 2 hours from my front door.
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Marshall Pruett has an absolutely must-read piece asking “Can two Bay Area Indy Car events thrive?” The short answer is “no.” Bookmark this story because you might want to pull out the quotes and use them later. Some samples:
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Some of the discussion during Practice 2 at Toronto indicates that Laguna Seca is going to be announced as on the calendar for 2019; the official announcement at Laguna Seca is said to take place on Tuesday.
Just to note, the fixture permanent road courses in CART for 1984-03 were Portland, Laguna Seca, Mid Ohio, and Road America. Things are starting to look rather more familiar. |
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Virtually confirmed — the Monterey County Board of Supervisors just needs to sign off on the deal — IndyCar coming to Laguna Seca in 2019 through 2021. This replaces Sonoma.
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I would so love to see Indycars at Laguna, a great circuit for these cars. It would be exciting to see
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If he means the race going demographic for Northern California, not being able to sustain both races, he could be right. However, if both venues were at either end of the calendar, that might have been feasible but we'll never know as Sonoma is to be replaced by Laguna Seca. Personally, I think this is a good decision. Historically, Laguna Seca often featured as either the penultimate or final race on the CART calendar and with it's racing history, I think a much better venue to bring VIPs to show gratitude and, in some cases, finalize business deals for the following year. Pebble Beach and it's World famous golf course are just down the road. |
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I'm afraid of the swap. I'm not sure that Laguna Seca can attract more fans than Sonoma.
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I'm guessing in the range of the same, definitely up for years 1-3 but leveling to around the current attendance. But the racing will be better, Sonoma is just boring for Indy cars. And double points just makes it a joke, rarely agree completely with Robin Miller but everything about Sonoma makes me sad.
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