I watched the Stock Car Brasil race from Jacarepaguل (Rio de Janeiro) yesterday and began wondering why CCWS doesn't come back to this track? It is a really nice 5 km road course with a 3 km flat oval. IIRC, CART used to run the oval, but there was some falling out with the city, then the bankruptcy....
The track is in a prime urban location and Rio is a party city that would fit right in with the new "festival" philosophy. Unless there is some problem with the city (red tape) or the travel expenses are just to great, I think it would be a great track for CCWS to run again. They could even forget the oval and just run the road course.
It is interesting that the Jacarepaguل website mentions that the oval's corners, "unlike most North American ovals," are designed so that drivers need to "brake and change gears."
The track is in a prime urban location and Rio is a party city that would fit right in with the new "festival" philosophy. Unless there is some problem with the city (red tape) or the travel expenses are just to great, I think it would be a great track for CCWS to run again. They could even forget the oval and just run the road course.
It is interesting that the Jacarepaguل website mentions that the oval's corners, "unlike most North American ovals," are designed so that drivers need to "brake and change gears."

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