Long-time IndyCar fans are very possessive when it comes to its heritage.
And they're correspondingly passionate participants in any conversation about IndyCar's future direction: there's a depth of emotional investment that you rarely see anywhere else in the sport, Formula 1 included.
That might be partly because F1 fans haven't had to endure the same type of ride as their IndyCar counterparts.
The Indy 500 poleman who didn't live to raceday 6pm, May 11, 1996: Scott Brayton takes pole for the Indianapolis 500. 12:17pm, May 17, 1996: Scott Brayton dies in a practice crash. MARK GLENDENNING shares his story IndyCar
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