\u0027The enthusiasm right now for IndyCar, and motorsports, I think, is at a level that takes you back a number of years\u0027
But it’s also true that the Indy in Toronto is not, at this point, at the level that it was at its height. The inaugural Molson Indy, won by legendary driver Bobby Rahal, drew a crowd of over 60,000 to the grandstands around the Canadian National Exhibition grounds. Those numbers would rise over the years to more than 75,000, but tumult in the sport eventually killed that momentum.
Alex Tagliani heads into the pits with a full crowd in the stands on the first day of Honda Indy in Toronto in 2010.Ironically, some of that enthusiasm comes by way of one of IndyCar’s competitors. Formula 1, the competition that for a long time didn’t pay much attention to America, has tripled the number of U.S. races on its schedule in recent years and, partly due to the success of its Drive to Survive documentary series on Netflix, has seen a spike in interest on this continent.
A careful reader might note that the preceding could be interpreted at a slight dig at Formula 1, which for all of its booming popularity is not widely competitive. Two teams, Red Bull and Ferrari, have dominated this season, even with a raft of changes that were supposed to make races less predictable. IndyCar’s nine races this year, meanwhile, have produced six different winners.Even, perhaps, a Canadian.
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