Sarah Fisher grew up in Ohio, a couple of pit stops from Indianapolis Motor Speedway. She got hooked on the drama of the Indy 500 early, dreaming about zipping down the frontstretch on Memorial Day weekend at 220 mph.
The popular IndyCar driver is also mindful of history. She knows the Brickyard is where open-wheel racing in the U.S. was born, and for decades the signature moments have come at superspeedways like Indy, which allow the cars do what they do best: go really, really fast.
Yet Fisher—the team owner, not the driver—also knows that times change. Oval racing on the series isn’t what it used to be, which is why she wasn’t surprised when the 2010 IndyCar Series schedule unveiled last week featured more road races (nine) than oval races (eight) for the first time … Details