Originally Posted by philipbain
Having six 1.5 mile ovals on the schedule is about five too many! The old champ car mix of the one mile ovals and super speedways works so much better for single seaters, 1.5 mile cookie cutter specials are just NASCAR fodder that create a hyper-dangerous environment for single seaters, particulary with the way the aero package is on these tracks. The 5 slots vacated by the under-attended NASCAR tracks could be taken by ex-Champ Car tracks. I was fully behind the merger, it had to be done, but looking at the 2009 schedule its still far too much IRL and not enough Champ Car.