I am really thinking about POST COVID, this more than likely means after a vaccine is wildly available. My guess is this winter will see a vaccine developed and wildly distributed. So that means maybe in the spring we might see some tracks reopen , Governments want to restart major league sports and fill stadiums. This can't be done without a vaccine. Not really. The push to finish up a vaccine is being done in a unprecedented world wide effort by every pharma company, university lab, and national heath organization worldwide. It will come faster than expected.
Pro racing. F1, IndyCar, IMSA, NASCAR (those with TV coverage) will all do what they have done in the past during economic recessions. Cut numbers of races, make rule changes that lower costs to teams, pay drivers less, and try to live off TV rights to a greater extent. The other non tv events will suffer from low participation and older last season cars but they will happen. SCCA, NASA will continue but with less races and participants as they have in the past when times get rough and money gets tight.
I do believe that the recession will be very deep but relative short in length.
Open track days are a relatively new thing and it will be interesting to see how this plays out. My guess is many company's will simply never reopen. Others will consolidate events, two rather than three events at a given track for example. There will be less participation but the core group of driver/owners will return when the time comes. A lot of people will just wait it out.
At least I hope!
Will a lot of cars get sold? Will the next 6 months be a good time to shop for a completed car? Trailer? Is this a bad time to sell your car?
Am I worried? Yes a bit. But I will return to the track as soon as I can...……..you can count on that!