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This month is huge for automatic matches. You have the Monaco Grand PrixOne of Formula One’s most famous events. You have the Coca-Cola 600The biggest race in the NASCAR calendar.
Historically, however, the most famous May race is Indianapolis 500. It started in 1911, two years after the construction was constructed. It has taken place almost every year since then except for World War II and World War II.
Still, Indy has its challenges.
NASCAR passed Indycar as the largest series of US games years ago. Formula One has expanded worldwide. He is fighting in many countries and now has three events in the United States: Miami. Austin, Texas. and Las Vegas.
For some time (the 1960s), the runners of the Indianapolis 500 Drew F-1. The F-1 calendar was smaller then. Two drivers F-1, Jim Clark and Graham Hill, won successive indy matches In 1965 and 1966.
Indycar Racing seemed ready to extend slowly to 20th century. International runners such as Emerson Fittipaldi and Nigel Mansell were active in a row. Mario Andretti, who let Indycar fight for Formula One, returned. His son, Michael Andretti, was a remarkable indycar driver.
The problem: Indycar matches suffered a split. The management of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the 1990s began its own series of matches, originally called the indy Racing League. This put it in competition with Auto Racing Teams (Cart) car championships, which provided most of the teams for the Indy 500.
This competition lasted for years. The basket finally fell off the road. But indycar was generally damaged. Nascar had magnified in the US market.
Eventually, the Hulman-George family, who ran the speedway in 1945, threw the towel. Sell the Speedway and the Indycar series to Roger Penske, a successful businessman and a leading owner of the Indycar team. The deal was completed in early 2020.
On Saturday, the Indycar series won a race on Speedway Street. In the late 1990s, it was built on Speedway’s Infield and incorporated part of Speedway’s oval orbit.
The road was built to attract Formula One. Several tribes F1 took place there, starting in 2000. However, it didn’t work and F1 proceeded.
The race on Saturday was a reminder of the Hulman-George family for the F1. All these years later, participating in the Indycar Road Course event is a fraction of Indianapolis 500.
A positive for indycar: The series has a new television contract with Fox so that all the breeds are on the main Fox broadcast channel. As a result, Fox now broadcasts both the indy 500 and the Daytona 500, the largest NASCAR breed.
However, questions remain. Roger Penske is 88 years old. Can the Speedway and Indycar series survive after passing the scene?
This remains to be seen. Fans of the races should enjoy the rest of the month.
