TG could let CCWS wither on the vine until it dies.... or goes into bankruptcy court and has all its assets sold of to the highest bidder who is willing to continue running races and such. However, I admit I don't know if that is a likely scenario since CART was a public company and CCWS is privately held.

I remember reading a story about a month ago saying that CCWS hadn't paid its purse yet. If that is true, then precious few teams may have been considering answering the opening flag. Couple that with the fact that it was reported by Robin Miller that there was on offer on the table to give a chassis and engine to CCWS teams to get them to come on board. Miller reported that this offer was made to CCWS owners as an all or nothing package, not an offer made to individual teams that might be interested in switching. Maybe this offer was put back on the table when the phones started ringing across the road from the USAC office as individual CCWS teams learned about the offer from Miller's article.

Remember that the 1.2M TEAM benefit is only for those who compete for the whole season. How many of the CCWS teams could commit to a 19 race schedule (16 IRL + 3 CCWS additions) that includes Australia and Japan.

Does anyone think it is a likely scenario that CCWS doesn't sell Long Beach to the IRL but starts trying to market it to F1. Those guys don't appear to have much business sense and they seem like just the right sort of chumps to hand Bernie $40M to get him to bring his circus to town. That way they can at least stick something in TG's eye for a couple of years until Bernie replaces it with a race in North Korea.

Best possible result. :idea:Paul Stoddard with Minardi at Indy on the big track :idea: That would rock!

I'm all for it as long as the IRL keeps it's remaining ovals, tries to add Michigan or California speedway again and lets the club on 16th st. have some input.:usac:

I agree w/Duel....but they need to keep some road and street venues such as St. Pete....its an awesome event....I know USAC's plate if full right now....but if TG let USAC have some input and/or santioning rights...that would be awesome....

You guys are kidding , right ? :confused:


Paul Gray
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Not - not really....though I also dont think it would ever happen - could you imagine the credibility and legitimacy that it would bring? I would think that would be great for anyone fielding Sprint and Midget teams....I was young in the 70's and 80's but I do remember during Indycar broadcast they would mention sprints and midgets...the path to the brickyard.....I know that there are quite a few things that need to be fixed first....and maybe its naive....but its cool to think about....

USAC has enough problems to get corrected at this time.:doh: They don't need additional dreams to cloud their main objective. They need to remain focused on what the important issues are and put a plan of action into place that will bring back some integrity to the organization. Let the IRL and CCWS work on getting their issues resolved.:headbang

Well dang it I thought this was an announcement about the Silver Crown series.

Actually I think the CCWS side brings alot to the table. They bring a better chassis, another engine, and some great tracks like Toronto, RA, Laguna Seca, and Portland.

Car counts will go up but having names like NH (Newman Hass) there will certainly be a plus.

More fuel http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/s...d=1&id=3237154

It is kind of interesting that the Honda race in Japan and the LB GP is one of the main holdups. On one hand I think Honda would be happy to have a unified series with additional cars and more exposure. However, as the article points out, LB is a Toyota event.

Here is another strange thought. If the Mazda Atlantic Series stayed in place, you would go to an Indy car race and see the Honda Indy Cars, Infiniti(Nissan) Pro Series and the Mazda Atlantic Series.

My head hurts thinking about all the things that would need to be done to figure this one out.

TO WHO?