I need the course profile IMFL has (boring and flat) because I'm fat, the convenience is just a bonus. I don't think it's Floridians that keep races like IMFL or MiamiMan alive, anymore than it's Floridians fault that winter races fail. If that makes any sense. Personally I'd much rather do this race in December than Gulf Coast in May. Yes it CAN be hot in December (last Challenge Venice was 90 degrees) but it WILL be hot in May.

Although I will agree that, while the speedway is a good pull for athletes, Daytona is a terrible racecation destination. They better start pushing Disney pretty hard because people from out of state may not know how terrible Daytona is. Then again it's not much worse that Panama City...