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26 Aug 2004, 00:02 (Ref:1077543)
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Where they got it right - Best calender?
Which year did CART/Champcars/PPG Indycars come up with the best calender of circuits for the teams and drivers to race on?
I belive that in 1999 they got it right, with a nearly 50/50 split. http://www.racingcircuits.net/_series/cart/1999.html Some of the earlier calenders were good, like 1984, but what is your favorite? Discuss! |
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26 Aug 2004, 06:20 (Ref:1077654)
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Hazza, it's hard to answer this question without looking over every individual year's schedule.
But I picked one at random. Ten years ago. ChampCar wasn't venturing into Mexico yet, but the schedule had a good mix of street/road/oval. Australia Phoenix Long Beach Indy Milwaukee Detroit Portland Cleveland Toronto Michigan Mid-Ohio New Hampshire Vancouver Elkhart Nazareth Laguna But, IMO, any schedule with the "Triple Crown" would be worth serious consideration. |
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26 Aug 2004, 10:31 (Ref:1077859)
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2003 Because it had new circuits as such as St.Pete and Brands and it still had Mid-Ohio and nearly had Fontana.
Feb 23 St. Petersburg,Florida,USA S Mar 23 Monterrey, Mexico R Apr 13 Long Beach,California,USA S May 5 Brands Hatch,Kent,Britain R May 11 Lausitz,Klettwitz,Germany O May 31 Miwaukee,Wisconsin,USA O Jun 15 Laguna Seca,California,USA R Jun 22 Portland,Oregon,USA R Jul 5 Cleveland,Ohio,USA S Jul 13 Toronto,Otario,Canada S Jul 27 Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada S Aug 3 Road America,Wisconsin,USA R Aug 10 Mid-Ohio,Ohio,USA R Aug 24 Montreal,Quebec,Canada R Aug 31 Denver,Colardo,USA S Sep 28 Miami,Florida,USA S Oct 12 Mexico City,Mexico R Oct 26 Surfers Paradise,QUeensland,Australia S Nov 2 Fontana,California,USA O |
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26 Aug 2004, 10:32 (Ref:1077860)
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And Started of the night races.
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26 Aug 2004, 19:10 (Ref:1078403)
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2001, Because they were over here, and the racing at Rockingham was good both years, and better than that unfortunate Brands thing.
Plus the excursions to Mexico had begun in earnest... And there were a good few ovals still around too! 
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26 Aug 2004, 23:58 (Ref:1078695)
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I'd tend to agree with 2001:
Monterrey Long Beach Texas.... well, I guess not Texas... Nazareth Japan Milwaukee Detroit Portland Cleveland Toronto Michigan Chicago Mid-Ohio Elkhart Lake Vancouver Germany England Houston Laguna Seca Australia Fontana It only seems to be missing Montreal. Other than that, I think it's perfect. |
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27 Aug 2004, 06:24 (Ref:1078815)
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I think we were also spoiled back in the early 90s by the great street tracks we have, forget australia, back then Vancouver and Long Beach were AWSOME! Instead of just great as they are now.
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27 Aug 2004, 16:27 (Ref:1079325)
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27 Aug 2004, 21:40 (Ref:1079552)
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They had it right or close enough to right for a number of years from the late 90s-early 00s. I really like the Mexico city track, Montreal is a cool track, but it's not been that great from an action standpoint.
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