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There never has been such a huge amount of races on an IndyCar Series schedule. Of course when you count the ChampCar races as well, they did. But the IndyCar Series had just 14 races on the schedule. Sam Hornish Jr's last title, what a great season that was. Of course it was marred by the death of Paul Dana, but besides that it was a great season.
It's better to have a smaller number of well attended events that a larger number of poorly attended ones.
Yep, that's true. :)
Indycar needs more than one, 500 mile race and why not use the F1 layout at Indy for a second race.
What is it with Milwaukee? Year after year it seems to be on the ropes. I thought they were ready to plow the thing under after last year. Everybody loves The Mile, I know I do, but apparently you need some sort of rainmaker for it to have any success whatsoever.
Ooops... shouldn't have said rainmaker.
Well, a few years ago they had a serious problem with promoters. I had heard, here perhaps, that a promoter was lined up, took the money and disappeared. That was the start of the death spiral.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marbles
Last year, they once again had promotion problems. I enjoyed the race thoroughly (it was my first race) but it was not very well run. Even with 2 for 1 tickets on race weekend it was pretty dead. In fairness though, there was rain all throughout the weekend including the morning of the race.
I really hope it comes back next year. I'll for sure make the drive again.
We were planning on going to Iowa. Maybe we'll see two races back to back!
I want to go to Fontana, but I live in The Netherlands.... So I just have to plan my holidays in September then.... Will talk about it with my gf, who loves racing, and especially IndyCar racing very much as well.
Milwaukee needs a sponsor and stability. I hate ovals but I'm there for last 19 years and this yo yo on and off have to stop. Either kill it or rebuild it. With new car and some real talent like Rubens people will show up. Onother thing I'm in Chicago and if I was not a fan I wouldn't know obout a race. Promotion is very poor. I'm ready for turbos this year -hope!
Went to the race there 3 times in the CART days. Very good facility, although it is kinda in the middle of nowhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by heliocastroneves#3
Depending on your budget, try to stay at the Hilton in San Bernadino. A few of the teams stay there and sitting in the bar of that hotel one Saturday night, a very young Oriol Servia walked in! If not, thats the general area to aim for, as theres a lot of hotels and restaurants along that road and its only about 10 miles from the track.
Thank you for the information, would be great to eventually see some drivers there!Quote:
Originally Posted by jwhite9185
I already heard from someone that the facility is indeed a little bit in the middle of nowhere hehe. :D