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Originally Posted by JohnSSC
What is missed is that in comparison to CC, the business end of the IRL is generating enough income to keep the IRL going without anyone having to write a personal check. CC does not have that luxury. The longer personal checks need to be written to keep CC afloat the shorter the anticipated lifespan of the series will be.
However one views TG/the IRL, having the 500 as an event generates sponsorship, TV and fan revenues that keeps the wheels turning the rest of the season.
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Absolute nonsense. tony george is funding vision racing out of his pocket as well as field fillers for indy. The irl is struggling for car count and sponsors right now outside of the top 3 teams.
The 500 is no longer the money earner it was. As far as we can tell the irl has never turned a profit. That money gets sucked up from somewhere. The fact that the league still couldn't pull it off after toyota, honda and chevy dumped hundreds of millions in and still the series is barely here. Time to give it up. Recall what the irl was started for and what the end result is and I don't think any rational person can justify what has happened over the past 15 years.
That the amigos are continually villified for trying to keep the original series alive is absurd. Who started this thing? Jeezz.