Expansion could be on the horizon for IndyCar—provided the metrics, logistics and most notably the economic impact make sense, says CEO Mark Miles.
And there may be additional races ahead, although those could potentially be non-points paying races that would serve more as exhibition events, particularly if they’re in distant global locations such as South America or Europe.
race, for example. It was at least five, maybe six years from the time we first started having discussions with folks down there before we had the race.Miles envisions at least one more race “in North America” to be added to the current schedule, but did not reveal potential market.
New additions to the calendar would likely be in warmer weather areas, similar to the opener at St. Pete.That nearly one-month hiatus was especially noticeable this year. There was such a large buildup to the race—arguably the biggest buildup to a season opener since the pandemic began—and then IndyCar essentially went dark for four weeks.
For IndyCar to travel beyond North America makes venues problematic. They’d have to have strong governmental economic support, as well as strong promotions and a strong potential fan base for IndyCar to grant it a sanction.
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