In my opinion..I think that they see the two names as confusing and they have decided to go with Indy Car...many like me still revert to calling it the IRL...they are in no way saying those were bad years...they want Indy Car Series as a brand..I think one reason Tony George called it the IRL was the astounding fact that CART owned the name Indy Car at that point.

They want a stronger brand name, and this is one little thing they can do now. When Bernard was hired..all the details of the series were set in stone for this year..you won't see many other changes until after the 500.

Once Bernard gets settled in..I think you will see some interesting things happen...It is a great sign he was at Bloomington.