Indy 500

[JohnW8]

The truck race at Mosport last year was awesome. We've been in this bizzaro world the last several years where the best indycar races are ovals and the best NASCAR races are road courses.

Indy cars are oval racers historically. Only in recent years have they gone to road/street courses.

[rodhx]

Indy cars are oval racers historically. Only in recent years have they gone to road/street courses.

True, John, but are you even old enough to remember when the Indycar season wasn't at least half road/street courses?

BTW, we are about the same age, so I know the answer is "no"

[JohnW8]

True, John, but are you even old enough to remember when the Indycar season wasn't at least half road/street courses?

BTW, we are about the same age, so I know the answer is "no"

Actually yes. Not all the races were televised back in the day so I can't say that I saw it, but as recent as 1977 there was only 1 road race on the USAC schedule.

From Wiki:
For example, the 1970 USAC Championship schedule comprised 18 races, with 11 paved oval tracks, 5 dirt tracks, and 2 road courses. The road racers were not interested in dirt track racing and eventually convinced USAC to drop the dirt tracks from the Championship schedule following the 1970 season. However, there was not enough interest in road course racing and it did not expand to fill the void created by dropping the dirt tracks. By 1977, the USAC Championship schedule had shrunk to 14 races with 13 oval tracks and 1 road course.