xflow7 Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Don't know if anyone else follows open wheel racing, but the rumored Champ Car / IRL merger deal is now official as of a couple of hours ago. Details are still forthcoming (press conference expected mid next week), but it is anticipated Long Beach, Edmonton, and Surfer's Paradise will be added to the IRL schedule and Newman-Haas-Lanigan, PKV, Conquest, and Walker Racing (aka Team Australia) will move over to the IRL. Great news in my opinion. Very short notice which is sub-optimal and I'm not over the moon about the IRL spec cars, but this has been overdue for some time. Good work to everyone involved. :thumbs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 10 years late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian7 Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 From those of us that make our living in open-wheel racing, this is WAY better late than never...:cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athens7 Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 How many years, if ever, will it take to heal the damage this schism has caused to open wheel racing in this country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxologist Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Death to bernie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xflow7 Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 How many years, if ever, will it take to heal the damage this schism has caused to open wheel racing in this country? I don't think anyone can answer that at this point. I'm not naive enough to believe this is automatically going to "fix" Open Wheel Racing in this country, but I have come to the conclusion that it was never going to get fixed with two series. Still, there's a very long road ahead for the combined series to regain any kind of real notoriety. It remains to be seen how successful it will be. I would like to see it evolve away from being a spec series and see the formula revised to take away some downforce on the medium length ovals and give the cars more power on the road courses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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