Thursday, July 30, 2015
My Dream IndyCar Schedule
Ever since I was about 15, I've been a huge fan of IndyCar. I started following the sport after first being exposed to it through the CART World Series game on the first PlayStation. Back then, the cars looked like cruise missiles with inverted wings and were as fast, hitting 235 mph regularly on larger ovals. |
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For me, next to Japanese animation, IndyCar is the other passion in my life. Sure, I'm into cars and I've built and hot rodded a few with some help, but nothing compares to sitting in an IndyCar knowing that its capable of going much faster through a corner than a NASCAR stock car and even a current Formula 1 car.
With the current direction in IndyCar being dominated by the need for a short season, it dawned on me that the current series needs to look to the past to assure its future while taking its product to more people in more places where racing isn't common, by bringing a taste of the Indy 500 to the people.
With that in mind, I propose the following schedule for IndyCar that bridges the best of the past and present with the possibilities of the future through a solid mix of ovals, street circuits, street ovals, and permanent road courses. I've laid out my dream schedule below:
- Surfer's Paradise Doubleheader - Early February (Round 1+2)
- Homestead-Miami Speedway - Late February (Round 3)
- Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Doubleheader - Early March (Round 4+5)
- Grand Prix of Alabama - Late March (Round 6)
- Phoenix International Raceway Twin 300s - Early April (Round 7+8)
- Grand Prix of Long Beach Doubleheader - Mid April (Round 9+10)
- Grand Prix of Indianapolis - Early May (Round 11)
- Indianapolis 500 - Memorial Day Weekend (Round 12)
- Milwaukee Mile Twin 125s - Early June (Round 13+14)
- Road America - Mid June (Round 15)
- Belle Isle Doubleheader - Late June (Round 16+17)
- Grand Prix of Toronto Doubleheader - Early July (Round 18+19)
- Mid-Ohio - Early August (Round 20)
- Pocono 500 - Mid August (Round 21)
- Grand Prix of Boston - Early September (Round 22)
- Texas Twin 300s- Mid September (Round 23+24)
- Portland International - Late September (Round 25)
- Laguna Seca - Early October (Round 26)
- California Speedway - Mid October (Round 27)
Along with the above schedule, the following "street ovals" could be considered as exhibition races in select cities before being added as possible regular season races:
- New York
- Las Vegas
This all wishful thinking and its highly unlikely that it will ever come to pass, but it's nice to think about.
