Originally Posted by Seadog:
As AJ would say, "this is quite true". ChampCar is on life support right now. And IndyCar could have the remains next year of ChampCar for free.
Other than Paul Tracy, who is a has been, and Graham Rahal, who knows who these drivers are? F1 wannabes and kids with ca$h.
You're right on that. There's only two things I'd take from Chump Car. Paul Tracy and Newman Haas. That's it. Rahal comes with Newman Haas which is a win win. While I'm not a Tracy fan, he does stir the pot. Might make a good rival with a few drivers.
Bottom line is, the war is over. Now it's when and how going forward. People beat up TG all the time, but at least he TRIED to bring Indy Cars back to what they were. The early IRL days were a sprint car fan's dream from a driver standpoint. There were still some dirt guys that got the Indy one off when the split happened. If it got back to at least that, I'd be happy. If a driver could run the whole USAC schedule and run Indy, that's perfect IMO anyway.