The situation I forsee is one where Cart fails and the IRL adds certian road and even street (LBGP) events. Most of the Cart teams would join the IRL and essentially the IRL becomes what Cart was.
Now Cart's failure isn't going to turn any of the Cart fans on to the IRL. Sure some may watch the races but they won't be the fan that they were (traveling spending money to attend races, promoting the sport to friends, etc.).
And it also seems that the IRL fans won't be happy with this situation as the aspects they didn't care for in Cart now apply to the IRL (international drivers, road/street courses, few if any Americans).
What will become of the sport then? The vast majority of the fans will be unhappy.
The only thing I can see the IRL doing to help this situation is to remain all oval. But even in that situation if many Cart teams and drivers are racing, it still will make many fans unhappy.
Now Cart's failure isn't going to turn any of the Cart fans on to the IRL. Sure some may watch the races but they won't be the fan that they were (traveling spending money to attend races, promoting the sport to friends, etc.).
And it also seems that the IRL fans won't be happy with this situation as the aspects they didn't care for in Cart now apply to the IRL (international drivers, road/street courses, few if any Americans).
What will become of the sport then? The vast majority of the fans will be unhappy.
The only thing I can see the IRL doing to help this situation is to remain all oval. But even in that situation if many Cart teams and drivers are racing, it still will make many fans unhappy.
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