I’m so out of my element with respect to racing that I’m not sure I’m even qualified to link to a racing article. But, I haven’t let competence, or lack thereof, stand in the way of my blogging yet, so in the interest of being a good Hoosier, I point your attention to the following.
Robin Miller, writing for SpeedTV, has an article entitled REPORT: Champ Car/IndyCar Deal Done.
Most Champ Car teams were told to quit working on their Panoz chassis Monday and expect delivery of their new cars in a few days. Paul Tracy is coming to Indianapolis later this week for a seat fitting. And one of Champ Car’s co-owners admitted to a fellow owner there would only be one series in 2008.
After 12 years of warring that cost open-wheel racing much of its sponsorship, audience and momentum, common sense has finally prevailed.
SPEEDtv.com has learned that the Indy Racing League and Champ Car have officially, and mercifully, agreed to become one entity. A press conference could come as early as Wednesday if Kevin Kalkhoven is back from England in time.
This makes me very very happy. It’s just a shame it took this long for something that everyone knew needed to happen.
Here’s hoping this signals the eventual recovery of open wheel racing.
WHOOOOOO FRICKIN HOOOOOOO!
I’m totally into racing, but I hear news like this on a blog I started following because of the DST debate.
Nice scoop, Doug!
This is really good news.
Uh… who cares.
Seriously, it helps Indy Car, but the issues are larger than the split.
This type of racing just leaves most red blooded Americans cold. The technical sophistication of the cars makes the racing very boring.
The last time I went to an Indy Car race, the best racing occured during the showroom stock race before the main event. A Mustang Cobra R just beat the ever living snot out of a bunch of Camaros and BMWs, despite blowing a head gasket (the guy just kept driving, smoke billowing out the back, and he just kept lapping them!).
The main event, by contrast, had NO change of positions throughout the race, because the tires disintegrated in the course of the race, and you couldn’t drive outside of a very well worn path down the middle of the track. It was literally impossible to pass.
Also, point of fact, the turbo Cosworth is a much more visceral engine than that POS Honda IRL runs. Nothing sounds like the Cosworth. That’s worth the price of admission!
Okay, I’m a BIT of a turbo junkie.