I like the nice mix of tracks that we have right now. Providing there is a close mix of Oval's & Road/Street Im happy. At present its 9 Road/Street & 8 Oval's in 2010, if Milwaukee is able to find the funding it will be a nice 9/9 Mix.

Personally I like all the types of circuit they race on.

I love the challenge that the road/street circuits provide & thats also the type of racing I grew up with living in the UK watching the European categories.

However I also love the speed & close competition that Oval racing provides, its what drew me to CART back in the early 90's & part of what made me fall in love with Indy after watching the 1992 race as a 7 year old kid.


The reason I loved CART back in the 90's was because of the great mix of tracks much like what we have today, I started to lose some intrest in CART & then Champcar when they moved away from Oval's. If the IRL are to drop some oval's I hope they replace them with more oval's or at least try to keep the mix as close as possible.

Imho they should have 5 roadcourses, 5 streetcourses, 5 small and 5 big ovals.

Big Ovals: Indy, Michigan, Fontana, Texas, Homestead
Small ones: Milwaukee, New Hampshire, Phoenix, Iowa, Rockingham (US)
Road: Laguna, Elkhart, Portland, Mid Ohio, Road Atlanta
Street: Cleveland, Surfers, Long Beach, Toronto, St Petersburg

Indy, Michigan and Fontana are 500 Milers Tripplecrown.

I don't particularly care for street tracks, but some of them are cool. So here we go...

Road Course
Laguna Seca
Road Atlanta
Watkins Glen
Virginia International Raceway
Mid-Ohio
Road America
Portland
Mosport
Mont-Tremblant

Temporary Circuits
Long Beach
Surfers Paradise
Cleveland

Ovals
Indianapolis (500 Miles)
Michigan (500 Miles)
Texas (Night)
Milwaukee (Night)
New Hampshire
Phoenix
Homestead
Kentucky (Night)
Pocono (500 Miles)

21 Races...

Fontana is a piece of crap no matter what races on it so it doesn't make the cut. Three 500 mile races on three different track configurations. Anyone who wins all three in the same year gets a $1,000,000 bonus.

1.5 just doesn't make sense, although the Lausitzring might be a cool choice for an European race

THAT'S IT

Calendar: Includes Superovals, Ovals, Permanents, Street Courses and Airfield Courses.

Round 1: March: GAINSCO AUto Insurance Indy 300: Homestead, USA
Round 2: March: Honda Grand Prix of S. Petersburg: St. Petersburg, USA
Round 3: April: Toyota Grand Prix: Long Beach, USA
Round 4: April: Honda Indy Japan 300: Motegi, Japan
Round 5: May: The Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis, USA
Round 6: June: ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225: Milwakee, USA
Round 7: June: Bombardier Learjet 550: Texas, USA
Round 8: July: The RAC Indy at Brands Hatch: Brands Hatch, England
Round 9: July: The Moet&Chandon Indy Challenge: Dijon-Prenois, France
Round 10: July: Ferrari Monza 300: Monza, Italy
Round 11: July: The Indy Car World Series European Grand Prix: Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
Round 12: August: Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix: Watkins Glen, USA
Round 13: August: Molson Indy Edmonton: Edmonton, Canada
Round 14: August: Molson Indy Montréal: Montréal, Canada
Round 15: September: Honda 200: Mid-Ohio, USA
Round 16: September: Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Cleveland: Cleveland, USA
Round 17: September: The American 500: Michigan, USA
Round 18: September: Detroit Indy Grand Prix presented by Firestone, Detroit, USA
Round 19: October: Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix: Elkhart Lake; USA
Round 20: October: Malboro 500: Fontana, USA
Round 21: October: Nikon Indy 300: Surfer's Paradise, Australia
Round 22: November: Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300: Chicagoland, USA
Round 23: November: Grande Premio Chevrolet: Interlagos, Brazil
Round 24: November: Tecate/TELMEX Gran Premio de México Presentado por Banamex: México City, México


Maybe replace Milwaukee with Virgina.

Yeah, maybe by the rednecks...14 races would still be in USA (how many are in USA this year? )