It's all they are talking about in a slowly diminishing slice of the American Mid-West, IndyCar is back. Soon. Well, the season is slowly approaching.
Mar 31 - Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg - Street
Apr 14 - Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach - Street
Apr 28 - Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama - Road
May 11 - Grand Prix of Indianapolis - Road
May 26 - Indianapolis 500 - Oval
Jun 1 - Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit Race 1 - Street
Jun 2 - Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit Race 2 - Street
Jun 8 - Firestone 600 - Texas Motor Speedway - Oval
Jun 29 - Shell-Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston 1 - Street
Jun 30 - Shell-Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston 2 - Street
Jul 7 - Pocono IndyCar 500 - Oval-ish
Jul 13 - Iowa Corn Indy 300 - Oval
Jul 20 - Honda Indy Toronto Race 1 - Street
Jul 21 - Honda Indy Toronto Race 2 - Street
Aug 4 - Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio - Road
Aug 18 - ABC Supply Wisconsin 250 - Milwaukee Mile - Oval
Aug 25 - GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma - Road
Aug 31 - MAVTV 500 - Fontana - Oval
All condensed into 5 action packed months. Apparently this is somewhat of a(nother) transition year, but who really knows. The spin is that this creates opportunities for growth in 2015, as if to go forward you need to go back (which is as logical as anything else in AOWR). Though we know NASCAR will be on NBC Sports in 2015, and the aero kits may be finally making an appearance maybe possibly (probably not), whether the series extends itself outside North America, as talked about, remains to be seen.
But next year is next year and this year is this year.
Juan Pablo Montoya is back, this time with Penske. Ryan Briscoe is back, with Ganassi. Carlos Muñoz steps up at Andretti to replace E.J Viso. Dario Franchitti is replaced by Tony Kanaan, who is replaced by Sébastien Bourdais at KV Racing.
A few changes to the calendar. Baltimore is out (so no more airborne trips over the train tracks). Scheduling conflicts are being blamed, probably incorrectly. Sao Paulo is out as well, promoter went broke. The big inclusion is the Indy Road Course at the start of the month of May, which, like everything else in the US, is a great idea / terrible idea.
Mar 31 - Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg - Street
Apr 14 - Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach - Street
Apr 28 - Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama - Road
May 11 - Grand Prix of Indianapolis - Road
May 26 - Indianapolis 500 - Oval
Jun 1 - Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit Race 1 - Street
Jun 2 - Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit Race 2 - Street
Jun 8 - Firestone 600 - Texas Motor Speedway - Oval
Jun 29 - Shell-Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston 1 - Street
Jun 30 - Shell-Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston 2 - Street
Jul 7 - Pocono IndyCar 500 - Oval-ish
Jul 13 - Iowa Corn Indy 300 - Oval
Jul 20 - Honda Indy Toronto Race 1 - Street
Jul 21 - Honda Indy Toronto Race 2 - Street
Aug 4 - Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio - Road
Aug 18 - ABC Supply Wisconsin 250 - Milwaukee Mile - Oval
Aug 25 - GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma - Road
Aug 31 - MAVTV 500 - Fontana - Oval
All condensed into 5 action packed months. Apparently this is somewhat of a(nother) transition year, but who really knows. The spin is that this creates opportunities for growth in 2015, as if to go forward you need to go back (which is as logical as anything else in AOWR). Though we know NASCAR will be on NBC Sports in 2015, and the aero kits may be finally making an appearance maybe possibly (probably not), whether the series extends itself outside North America, as talked about, remains to be seen.
But next year is next year and this year is this year.
Juan Pablo Montoya is back, this time with Penske. Ryan Briscoe is back, with Ganassi. Carlos Muñoz steps up at Andretti to replace E.J Viso. Dario Franchitti is replaced by Tony Kanaan, who is replaced by Sébastien Bourdais at KV Racing.
A few changes to the calendar. Baltimore is out (so no more airborne trips over the train tracks). Scheduling conflicts are being blamed, probably incorrectly. Sao Paulo is out as well, promoter went broke. The big inclusion is the Indy Road Course at the start of the month of May, which, like everything else in the US, is a great idea / terrible idea.
