IndyCar: Effect Loss of Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Other Tracks Will Have

With the recent announcement that the Izod IndyCar Series will not return to Las Vegas today, I wanted to take a look at the recent events since the tragic death of Dan Wheldon on Lap 12 of the season finale up until now.Before Wheldon's tragic death, the Izod IndyCar Series was on an upward trend for the first time since the split in 1995. Ratings were up for the first time in a while, we had a great ending to the 100th year of the Indianapolis 500, competition was fierce, a new car was debuting in 2012, and many teams and tracks were set up for next year due to the new car.Now, the series has announced they won't return to Milwaukee, Kentucky, New Hampshire and Las Vegas next season. There's also talk that Baltimore won't return next seas...

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