[cripplecreek]

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.

[gymbeau]

Thanks for the info. I’d rather watch an oval live (not that I have!) to see more of the track and the action.

OTOH, I got to attend the Edmonton race a couple of years back as a guest of Honda and it was VIP treatment all weekend. Really a blast!And they had TV monitors in the suite so we could see what TV saw, which was pretty well everything.

Still, I watched it again on TV when I got home and it was amazing how different the experiences were.

cheers,
Jim