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Originally Posted by Craven Morehead
To some extent I agree, however a case could be made about Tony George president of IMS) being a dolt and not able to sell any sponsorship to the race. Seriously, the world's most popular racing series not able to make a go of it at one of the world's most historic and renowned race tracks? I can't believe it failed. IMS is terrible at promotion, always have been. And that's what tripped them up on this. Had they been able to build a market with the fans and also with sponsor support (8 years should have been enough time to do that) F1 would still be in Indy. I can't blame BE for taking a better offer.
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Bernie never really wanted a F1 event in the U.S. While Tony George does deserve his fair share of blame, to blame lack of sponsorship seems to be a red herring. He never thought too highly of American motorsport fans (and never hid his disdain for them) and was just looking for any reason to pull up stakes.