When (champcar -Cart, all the same to me) was at it's most popular and expanding to different countries the biggest detractors were the americans on this forum. Having races outside the country still seems to be a problem on this forum. Why is it that many of you american fans are fixated on homegrown races and against expanding your series. It always puzzles me that in a country that has the highest tech military hardware seems to enjoy low tech series and 1 chassis series. The best part about the cart (champcar) series was the diversity of the engines,chassis,tracks,and drivers. Somehow that offended tony and his followers who thought everything should be homegrown. Why was it that chev and ford didn't want to compete against the raising tide of foreign competitors? Why when america was the leader of high tech it didn't want to compete in a growing series that could have competed against F1? Why is it that once again the indy car series has opted to operate as a reltive low tech series? I know everyone will come back with the excuse that there is no money to go high tech. Sorry that doesn't really wash when football, baseball, and even our national game hockey seems to have no problem finding fans and money. So once again it gets down to the fact that maybe its the people that are running the series that are doing a poor job of selling the series and running the series.
Think about this. How long do have before the naturally asperated motor is history. Will open wheel be able to regain it's popularity before the engines are extinct? With the people that are running the show right now the odds are very long. I think the split may have damaged the sport beyond repair. The demise of the champcar series did not gain the fans that tony counted on it only widened the rift. The new vision for the series is struggling to get converts, is it to late?
When you look at F1 now and think that america could have had a series to rival it, what a missed opportunity. Yes i know Nascar is the biggest car racing series in america right now which only reinforces my puzzlement why americans are so insular? Why no teams in F1 where you could show off your grasp of high tech, you can master stealth but can't beat the world in the most high tech series?
Well, there are all my questions. I am sure their will be some interesting answers.