Talk:Alternate IndyCar Series
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Alt-IndyCar Planning Sandbox
Basically, when we get there I think that Alt-IndyCar essentially needs a hard reset as well as several key plot points to aim for on our way. So I'm just going to do a bunch of planning here and we'll see how it shapes up.
Timeline
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| The golden bar pertains specifically to who sanctions the Indianapolis 500 race. USAC continues to sanction it until 1994, at which point the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (and new CEO Tony George) buys back the hosting rights. They then also buy out the IndyCar World Series in 1996. The blue bar refers to the World Championship, the one-off race at Walt Disney World Speedway that carries the season's second-biggest purse. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Timeline Changes
- Prior to 1970, nothing needs to change.
- In 1970, Marlboro come in with title sponsorship for the Marlboro Championship Trail. Rather than dropping the ball like in real life, the series capitalises upon the deal, becoming the Marlboro Championship Racing League in 1974.
- From 1981, the series changes its identity again, becoming the IndyCar World Series. This remains its identity into the present day, unless it regresses far enough that it doesn't have any races outside of North America - in which case it becomes simply the IndyCar Series like in real life.
- The IndyCar Euro Series is a short-lived reaction to the catastrophe in the 2004 F1 season, where they take advantage of F1's inability to host these races to form an ad-hoc European championship. The IndyCar World Championship was also established in this year: a season-ending race to crown the "World Champion" of oval racing. The race is held at the Walt Disney World Speedway, and has a sponsorship arrangement with Disney to promote whatever film they're pushing as a Christmas blockbuster.
Railroading
Certain plot-points will have to be railroaded into Alt-Indy, usually due to events already established and referred to in Alternate Formula One, but also sometimes the events of the seminal work of art Driven. Here shall be a list of all such things: This list is incomplete, you can help by expanding it!
- Beau Brandenburg's career in IndyCar should align with what is established in Driven. This will also include the to-be-established careers of Jimmy Bly, Joe Tanto, Memo Moreno and Carl Henry. All real-life drivers who made cameos in the film must also appear in the 2000 Alt-IndyCar season.
- Ayrton Senna fails to qualify for the 1995 Indianapolis 500.
- Certain drivers who appear in Formula One are established to have previously had a successful IndyCar career, including (but not limited to) Mario Andretti, Tom Sneva, Sébastien Bourdais, Jacques Villeneuve and others.
- Other drivers are established to have moved from Formula One to IndyCar. This includes (but is not limited to) Ayrton Senna.
