Originally Posted by justinsain

I think NASCAR had the superior marketing strategy and TV coverage which brought them to the top in US motor sports. Open wheel racing has fallen far behind and it doesn't help that they are losing many of their top drivers like Juan Paplo Montoya, Sam Hornish Jr., Jacques Villeneuve, Patrick Carpentier and Dario Franchitti to NASCAR.

F1 gave the US a try but it's probably not worth the effort since NASCAR has such a strong hold on race fans and would fair better to concentrate on other parts of the world where F1 is as popular as NASCAR is here in the US