More Ovals in the IndyCar Series

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Tony George, and Indy Racing League Management. We have been loyal fans of the IRL, and believe it is a great league. However, the recent change to become more and more road and street course based is not something we are for. IndyCar was created on the basis of getting these IndyCars where they belong: on Ovals. The addition of some road courses has been a nice change of pace. But, as we continue to get closer and closer to 50/50, it's making us wonder whether we really want to support this series or not. It's becoming the opposite of what the league was founded on, and what brought us in as fans. We respectfull ask you to add more ovals to following years schedules. You are seriously risking losing us as fans!

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  • Pat Boylan
  • Ray Cline
  • darren casper
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    • In the past, I've attened 2,3 races a year besides Indy. Not anymore
  • Carole Boylan
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    • OVALS!
  • Jonathan Close
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    • Stop!!! with the crappy street fests and airport gymkhanas. America is Oval racing.
  • David Kulish
  • Dave Gola
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    • Bring back Michigan! No more than 60-40.
  • Keith Emlock
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    • please come back to Atlanta !
  • Erin Conley
  • Ryan Watson
  • Deb Drake
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    • even 1 road course is too many!
  • Chris Fraley
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    • How can you want the LVMS parking lot instead of the oval.
  • K. Lanke
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    • Wanting the Vegas road course instead of the oval is the strangest thing I've ever heard!
  • Matt Brown
  • Benjamin Kapp
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    • Please stick to your word in 1996 that you would not consume the series with road courses because it would return to the CART days.
  • Gene Kapp
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    • Please keep the 19996 promise to keep road and street courses out. Don't make a CART experience out of this
  • Michael J. Henry
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    • In what way do these races protect the oval heritage of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and The Indy 500?
  • Marty Shaw
  • Christy W.
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    • Keep the Ovals!! some road/street is ok..but make it be more 70 - 30.
  • F1 Fan
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    • IndyCars = Ovals. Not Streets.
  • tim fass
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    • get off the streets
  • Michael Garrison
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    • diversity is good but should be oval-centric. Also get a better TV deal
  • Mike Ferrell
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    • More Ovals!
  • George Batalis
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    • More ovals! Come on your gonna kill your base as did chump car with no ovals! No more than 25\% non-oval races!
  • Richard Perry
  • Randy Forst
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    • more ovals less rc/sc
  • Bev Yerk
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    • Ovals,Ovals,Ovals
  • Bill Benner
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    • 70/30 majority being ovals-please
  • Louis Gola
  • DOUGLAS BROWN
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    • BRING BACK MICHIGAN
  • Owen Barron
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    • More ovals?? Less. IRL is signing on new sponsors with the street and road courses. We are entering the golden years of IRL, and the more road courses will help. IRL, don't listen to the oval mafia. Give us Cleveland, Houston, Sebring, and Road America in 2010!!!! Get rid of Homestead and Rickmond - They suck!
  • TODD ROWE
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    • MICHIGAN NEEDS TO BE BACK
  • Alan VanSloun
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    • I love the RR additions... Thanks Tony
  • racefan
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    • I love what the IRL has become, Drop a few more ovals,add some raod courses and get a better car and I might start to watch again. The IRL has been pure trash the last 13 years,
  • Gregory D. Hunt
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    • My wife and I definitely prefer oval racing.
  • John Yates
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    • Majority ovals please. 65 to 70\% ovals if at all possible. Road/street racing is already oversaturated by F1, A1GP, and on and on and on. IRL are the only major open wheelers that run ovals.
  • Ken Keltner
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  • Mike
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    • Bring back the Cleveland GP[Like that's really going to happen}
  • Chris Lukens
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    • First you screw PPIR because you wanted to race on the streets of Denver, now you screw Nashville so that you can race on the streets inCanada. I don't like what you are doing and I don't like the direction you are going.
  • Brad Vandiver
  • Will Stone
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    • road courses are boring
  • anthony sell
  • Christopher D. Jones
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    • Mr. George, You and your team in the Indy Racing League are doing the right thing becoming more diverse. The problem with CART wasn't it's schedule. That is why CART is considered the hey-day of American open-wheel racing. Yes American racing is unique because of the ovals, but the goose that lays the golden egg is the diversity of schedule. You have experienced for yourself enough to realise that a 50-50 or 60-40 schedule is the only thing that will work. We trust that you are doing the right thing.
  • Eric Bishop
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    • I agree 1000\% percent with this. I used to attend about 4 to 5 races a year and loved the direction of all ovals and the USAC drivers getting a chance. Now Its CART all over again, something I hated when it was around. If you continue on this path, my money will go to NASCAR.
  • Jim Wilkie
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    • Get rid of all the ovals, we need more road races, ovals suck
  • Rodrigo Burotto
  • James
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    • MORE OVALS
  • butch
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    • Street racing sucks!
  • Spicoli
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    • I love little boys
  • John Howard
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    • I like the direction the irl is heading. Keep up the good work Anton.