Chicagoland Speedway President Craig Rust is a man of his word. That is not good news for the IndyCar Series.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Rust has followed through on his promise to decouple NASCAR Cup and IndyCar ticket purchases at Chicagoland. Cup attendance was down approximately 20% this year. IndyCar attendance has been in steep decline for some time.
I do not know whether or not the IRL contract with Chicagoland continues past the 2010 season. If it does not, then I think the odds are pretty good that the speedway that was co-developed by the IMS will likely be eliminated from the IndyCar schedule. Possible replacements include a government subsidized race in Baltimore and a harebrained parking lot event at Gillette Stadium in the noted motorsports mecca that is Foxboro, Massachusetts.
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