Yes, CART has serious egg on its chin, and shareholders in Speedway Motorsports took a serious hit. It was a near thing. Let us say again what we ve said in this space before.
Some circuits are plainly better suited to stock car racing than open-wheel.
In the past, we ve put Michigan and its younger sister, Fontana, in that category. Now Texas moves to the top of the list. Listen, when a bunch of highly skilled, highly motivated racing drivers agree that a venue is unsafe, it s a seriously good idea to listen to them. Yes, Big Bill France got away with one at the first Talladega, but that was a different era. And a different issue.