I miss the old Michigan 500 with the Indycars. Was a great race!
Yesterday’s broadcast was touting the resurgence of Detroit and GM (positioned via the Chevy engines that dominated until Indy), then the track fell apart and showed it’s just one more dying part of the region.
cheers
Jim
MIS is in conservative territory. When Roger Penske owned the place he coordinated with Lenewee and Jackson county so when the track was resurfaced the counties took the old surface and milled it to use on the surrounding roads.
For two weekends a year, Brooklyn Michigan becomes the 3rd largest city in the state. That's a major economic shot in the arm for this area even though its mostly part time work. Lots of under the table money is made on race weekends too.
I've gone to a few Indy car races at MIS but I would really rather watch them on a road course. My course layout would be long but it would combine oval track speeds with road course turns. + a fair amount of elevation change.
