Originally Posted by Rex W.:
Just been looking around on the net & found this.... @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_Car
Formation of CART
The split away from USAC in 1979 was spurred by a group of activist car owners who had grown disenchanted with what they saw as an inept sanctioning body. COMPLAINING OF POOR PROMOTION AND SMALL PURSES, this group coalesced around Dan Gurney, who, in early 1978, wrote what came to be known as the "Gurney White Paper", the blueprint for an organization called Championship Auto Racing Teams.
Huh looks like some things never change...or does it?
Sad thing is it could have all been avoided had USAC and IMS banned the Cooper in 1961.
Oh man this topic always gets people banned on speeedtv.com. Be careful.