Comments on: Indy Racing League Gets Interesting http://www.calvertgames.com/cgblog/2004/09/03/indy-racing-league-gets-interesting/ @ calvertgames.com Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:26:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Adam Simpson http://www.calvertgames.com/cgblog/2004/09/03/indy-racing-league-gets-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Adam Simpson Fri, 03 Sep 2004 18:00:38 +0000 #comment-18 JC,<br /> <br /> I have a feeling you might have been expecting me here.<br /> <br /> I missed the CART race in St Petersburg last season and so have no idea which way that track goes, but the Glen and Sears Point (not having any of this Infineon business) should be a riot with the IRL cars, especially given that they look likely to be running the longer Glen circuit. Much as I appreciate the art of oval racing, I've always struggled to see an oval-only series as much more than a slight waste of the talents of Kanaan, Franchitti, Manning, Wheldon, Dixon et al. Not to denigrate the present IRL in any way, but road courses can only be an advantage in terms of attracting the casual viewer, as well as the racing die hard who happens to enjoy turning right.<br /> <br /> One thing - might this in some way take away the identity of the series? It seems a bit curious, after some 9 years of operation, to just start dropping road courses in to what has been an all oval series.<br /> <br /> Cheers,<br /> Adam JC,

I have a feeling you might have been expecting me here.

I missed the CART race in St Petersburg last season and so have no idea which way that track goes, but the Glen and Sears Point (not having any of this Infineon business) should be a riot with the IRL cars, especially given that they look likely to be running the longer Glen circuit. Much as I appreciate the art of oval racing, I’ve always struggled to see an oval-only series as much more than a slight waste of the talents of Kanaan, Franchitti, Manning, Wheldon, Dixon et al. Not to denigrate the present IRL in any way, but road courses can only be an advantage in terms of attracting the casual viewer, as well as the racing die hard who happens to enjoy turning right.

One thing – might this in some way take away the identity of the series? It seems a bit curious, after some 9 years of operation, to just start dropping road courses in to what has been an all oval series.

Cheers,
Adam

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