[greatscott]

Originally Posted by indycool

Agreed, Rustyfan. NASCAR had a larger fan base long before the split.

mountainstar, "we all DON'T know" that Bill France was egging on Tony George to start the split to NASCAR's benefit. We know that France and TG talked about, and struck a bargain for, the Brickyard 400, but IMO, it had nothing to do with some conspiracy against CART.

As for some mythical trophy for world superiority between NASCAR and open wheel racing, it doesn't exist and never will. NASCAR's popularity has nothing to do with open wheel racing's popularity or lack of it. When Long Beach arrives, there's probably a NASCAR race in competition on TV but there's also the Masters and probably major league baseball. The kind of racing people choose ain't the only game in town.

you got to ask yourself why champcar/cart is not racing at any NASCAR/Bill France owned tracks and IRL is.