2012 Indianapolis 500

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PS: I respect Nascar but I like the governing body of Nascar even less than F1... except Nascar hasn't made much of their profits off public funding of the races.

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PS: I would love to see NASCAR fall so Indy could once again be the top of US racing.

If you look at ratings, Indy does absolutely terribly. NASCAR has slipped, but IC even with the new car is doing brutally.

Speaking of crude, a few weeks back the NASCARs ran Mosport. The F1000 cars that I've had my hands on (just barely on and not driving) were running a support race. The F1000 cars were something like 15 seconds faster per lap.

Were you there? That was going to be my first visit to Mosport (I will never refer to that track by its new name) for the season, but unfortunately I had a cold.

The NASCARs running there were NASCAR Canadian Tire cars, so I imagine they are far off Nationwide cars let alone Sprint Cup machines.

I hope to make it out to the track a few times this year.

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Yes, sadly Indy's rating and prestige are no where near what they used to be. In the old days F1 world champions were common in the series and the cars were state of the art. Now I can't see that the cars are any more advanced than classes like F3000 or IPS cars. The US money went to NASCAR and the foreign money left once the series decided not to race at foreign tracks. I'm hoping someone figures out how to rebuild the former glory. That will be hard though. F1 and Nascar are both series. Indy was one race.

As for Mosport, no, I've never been. However, I know a few people involved with the Citiation cars so I have a team to root for.