IndyCar to return to Phoenix?

IndyCar has raced at nine tracks owned by International Speedway Corp. over the years: California, Chicagoland, Homestead, Kansas, Michigan, Nazareth, Phoenix, Richmond and Watkins Glen. None are on this year's schedule.

In a bid to increase the number of ovals the series visits in 2012, Bernard has been pushing ISC officials for a return to Phoenix. There has been casual discussion about returning to other ISC tracks, too.

But Bernard made his strongest statement on the ISC subject last weekend at Barber when he told a blogger that from his perspective, it's Phoenix or nothing.

"If Phoenix isn't in the mix, I don't know if I'm interested in ISC tracks," he said on George Phillips' website, oilpressure.com. Indy Star