Are street races financially successful at this point?
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Are street races financially successful at this point?
I am not sure, as a group, they are any more or less successful than any other race. Long Beach is appears to be successful - but not too many others have survived through the years.... I think the biggest problem with street races may be the political volatility which in an of itself makes them financially problematic....Quote:
Originally Posted by SarahFan
I really think it gets down to a well run race can be profitable regardless of the type of circuit (within reason) and a poorly run (or just plain unfortunate) event will lose money on any type of circuit... Indycar needs races with more viable business models regardless of the type if track....
The real question is: Are ANY races financially successful at this point?Quote:
Originally Posted by SarahFan
Indy500 yes, LBGP yes, I heard possibly Iowa.. All others NO. Indycar reminds me of an old financial joke " I lose money on every deal but I make up for it in volume".
My preference would be to bring back two 500 mile race one being at MIS then the classic schedule, Detroit, Toronto, Cleveland, Mid-Ohio and MIS.
can you amagine how horrible it would have been if C^RT had 8 street parades on one calendar. the howls from 16th and Georgetown would have been deafening, giving rise to calls for a new open wheel series.
Luckily we have that new open wheel series, and it actually does already exist since 1996, and it merged with C^RT in 2008.
I think 2012 will be a great year, I can't say the street races were boring this year. However I would like it if in 2013 some ovals on the calendar would return like; Phoenix, Pocono and Michigan.
Actually, it's nothing new. Look at the the 1991 CART IndyCar schedule. There were only 5 oval races (Phoenix, Indy, Milwaukee, Michigan and Nazareth) out of 17 and there were 8 temporary circuits (Surfers Paradise, Long Beach, Detroit, Cleveland, Meadowlands, Toronto, Denver and Vancouver). This kind of scheduling were one of the reasons that lead to the split.Quote:
Originally Posted by bugeyedgomer
And now, there is NO schedule finalized less than four months before the "start" of the season. 50/50 odds the 2012 season finishs. 2013 - no answering the bell, period. To quote "Dandy" Don Meredeth - "turn out the lights, the party's over"
How about a $10,000 bet?Quote:
Originally Posted by Starter
No real surprises...
Provisional 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series Schedule:
March 25 St. Petersburg, Fla. (street course)
April 1 Birmingham, Ala. (road course)
April 15 Long Beach, Calif. (street course)
April 29 Sao Paulo, Brazil (street course)
May 27 Indianapolis 500, In. (oval)
June 3 Detroit, Mich. (street course)
June 9 Fort Worth, Texas (oval)
June 23 Newton, Iowa (oval)
July 8 Toronto, Ontario (street course)
July 22 Edmonton, Alberta (airport course)
Aug. 5 Lexington, Ohio (road course)
Aug. 19 Qingdao, China (street course)
Aug. 26 Sonoma, Calif. (road course)
Sept. 2 Baltimore, Md. (street course)
Sept. 15 Fontana, Calif. (oval)
Provisional 2012 IndyCar schedule released - Racer.com
Not seen anything mentioned on indycar.com though as mentioned in the article.