I cant watch this series at all. I have tried a few times, and i get bored of it.
I grew up with Indycar, and it was awsome. then when the split came and there was CART/IRL well i followed cart, as it had same drivers tracks that indycar was. plus they showed it on telly.
I heard that they have manufactured the finishes they have, by electronicly lowering the engine power of the lead car. i dont know if this is true. but i hope to god its not.
Also, in 2002 my favourite driver in champcar went over to the indy 500. he won the race. they then stripped him of the win all because he was a champcar driver. all the timing data said he won. IRL gave it to castro-neves.
2004 i got pay tv, and i was planning to watch IRL. I watched the start and half of the first race, which i cant even remember and gave it away, it was a joke. earlier i had watched the daytona 500, and i ended up getting in nascar and have watched every race since. Nascar is far better racing that IRL