It’s back.
The famed Milwaukee Mile, which was honored for years as a traditional open-wheel venue, is next on the 2024 NTT IndyCar Series schedule.
After Road America returned by hosting IndyCar in 2016, Milwaukee remained with Michigan International Speedway as the holy grail of tracks not on the open series’ schedule. That was finally corrected this year.
The Hy-Vee Milwaukee 250s will put the championship race on maximum this weekend, with two races on the 1-mile, 9-degree banked course. While no race has been held since 2015 on this track, some expectations can be pulled from an earlier round this year.
Milwaukee: Gateway Sequel?
The best race of the year wasn’t at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but rather at World Wide Technology Raceway for the Bommarito Automotive 500. The flat, egg-shaped oval put on a fearsome display of motorsports competition, entertaining the fans in attendance and on television. The drivers seemed to be pleased as well as surprised that the product turned out that well. I know I was, as I completely admit to prophesying that a procession was on the weekend ticket after the Iowa doubleheaders seemed to be affected by the weight of the hybrid.
Well, I was wrong. Not only could IndyCar drivers pass on the 1.25-mile oval, but they were able to run a second groove which created the best race at Gateway in the history of the series.
If IndyCar put on that great of a show there, do they provide a sequel for the Milwaukee fandom this weekend? Milwaukee was always a relatively wide track, as drivers could run a high line depending on car handling. While the track is shorter than Gateway, the turns are the same so teams won’t have two unique characteristics to dial in.
It will come down to tires and downforce, just as it did at St. Louis. There will be what is becoming the norm…
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