I can’t agree that Long Beach is the “crown jewel of road circuits,” but maybe we’re using different terminology. To me a road circuit is a dedicated race track that isn’t in an oval, tri-oval, or rectangular (Indy) configuration, e.g., Road Atlanta, Mid-Ohio, Monza. I would call Long Beach a street circuit - closed-off public roads, like in Vancouver, Toronto, and Monte Carlo. And the ovals are the ovals - virtually all of the Indy circuits, except maybe one or two they’ve recently added.
You`re correct. My favorite closed road course is of course, Elkhart Lake.
The jewel crown of closed street courses is and always
has been Long Beach.
Be that as it may, still a big mistake to let Tony own it all and turn it into a predominately oval series.Champ should tough it out.