Here’s a great article by Marshall Pruett on how the 1995 CART calendar – the last before the split – should serve as a blueprint for future IndyCar schedules as the series finds its feet again:
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-1995-cart-oval-calendar-worth-revisiting/
Here’s how the calendar looked in 1995:
Bicentennial Park, Miami (Street)
Surfers’ Paradise (Street)
Phoenix (1-mile oval)
Long Beach (Street)
Nazareth (1-mile oval)
Indianapolis (2.5-mile oval)
Milwaukee (1-mile oval)
Belle Isle, Detroit (Street)
Portland (Road)
Elkhart Lake (Road)
Toronto (Street)
Cleveland (Road)
Michigan (2-mile oval)
Mid-Ohio (Road)
New Hampshire (1-mile oval)
Vancouver (Street)
Laguna Seca (Road)
I must say I love the look of that calendar. No high-banked 1.5-milers, lots of classic venues, great mix of road, street and oval that makes IndyCar what it is.