11-5: The 2012 schedule

[ykiki]

Formula 1

For the August to October stretch of the calendar, I would recommend for IndyCar to do this:

August 5 - Lexington, Ohio
August 19 - Sonoma, California
September 2 - Baltimore, Maryland
September 15 - Fontana, California
September 30 - Qingdao, China
October 14 - Las Vegas, Nevada

I know you've got a couple of weeks in between each race, but criss-crossing the continent from Ohio, to California, then all the way across to Maryland, only to return to California once more?

[bugeyedgomer]

If I'd known sooner that the IRL was going to be protecting the American open wheel street race tradition, I would have become a fan sooner too.


http://www.racer.com/dixon-supports-...rticle/216801/

[bugeyedgomer]

will you support an early May road parade at IMS? 16th & Georgetown wants to know

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...s-mailbag-1116

[heliocastroneves#3]

NO! We already have enough road races.. I started to like the 2012 schedule, but there are already enough road races on the schedule for next year. They should've done this a few years ago, when there weren't that much road courses on the schedule.

[Chris R]

The only way a road race at Indy makes sense is as a historic race of old Indycars on the road course sometime during May (opening day??) (just because it lets more people get a closer look at the cars at some sort of speed) - THAT I could support - not the current cars- that is foolish dilution of a tradition at the very best.....

[SarahFan]

Indy was diluted the day tony announced NASCAR was coming to town...


Indycars on the road coarse is coming.... If no in 2012 than 2013 ... Mark my words

[garyshell]

Indy was diluted the day tony announced NASCAR was coming to town...

Did you feel that way when F1 was there or the motorcycle races? While I understand the sentiment, I also realize that it is ridiculous to have a huge facility like that with only one event per year. The upkeep on the place must be huge and to expect only one event to pay for that guarantees an escalating ticket price for that event. Personally, I welcomed the idea of other series, if for no other reason, than to offset the ticket prices.

Gary

[Chris R]

Indy was diluted the day tony announced NASCAR was coming to town...


Indycars on the road coarse is coming.... If no in 2012 than 2013 ... Mark my words

I think you are probably right. The only other thing that MAY make sense is to make it a special invitational/ non-points race - a'la the Vegas attempt just to make it different/interesting....

[SarahFan]

Absolutely I did Gary...... IMS is the holy grail of auto racing...the day Tony let NASCAR in was the day he legitimized it....

Did you feel that way when F1 was there or the motorcycle races? While I understand the sentiment, I also realize that it is ridiculous to have a huge facility like that with only one event per year. The upkeep on the place must be huge and to expect only one event to pay for that guarantees an escalating ticket price for that event. Personally, I welcomed the idea of other series, if for no other reason, than to offset the ticket prices.

Gary

[bugeyedgomer]

F1 and motorcycles have a history with the Speedway. Just not a road course history.

So when does NASCAR start running the road course?