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I enjoy Indycar on tracks or street courses (ovals are not for me but that's cool), the more or less spec series aspect of it, the physicality of it etc..
But each time I watch a race I walk away thinking "it' s a show, not a race". I think they go too far with the yellow flag.. I hate seeing the best driver get a gap, and it's wiped out not once but like 4x a race. And the fact that the ever present yellow flag affect the strategy and number of stops and it becomes a complete bleeping lottery. I can say this honestly because I have no favorite in the series at all - but it's a bleeping lottery 1/2 the time. You win the title by virtue of driving for Penske (or the best engine that year) and "averaging" good finishes where you get caught or helped by yellows. 50% skill, 50% dumb luck average.
Similarly, HOw many times this w/e did a guy put his front wheel on a sidepod and nerf another driver, and it's all good ? Come on !! If you wanna allow that make it a demolition derby.
I really enjoy the tracks they visit (aside from ovals), all of them really - I even miss the canadian airport from years back - that was wild, but the racing is a complete crapshoot 50% of the time IMO. Some may like it for that reason, I tire of it for that reason, talent is unrewarded too often, I'd like to see virtual safety car and gaps maintained more like F1 (sorry). Take nothing else from F1 but VSC is fair... And maybe a little more avoidable contact...
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