Sunday, July 09, 2006

Open Wheel Reunification isn't happening in 2007--2008 at the earliest

Interesting chat I had with Steve Johnson, Champ Car's President and CEO at Toronto. The 2007 schedule is taking shape...and so far...he's plugging in events for May 0f 2007. That would make it next to impossible for a team to qualify for the Indy 500.
There is a Champ Car event planned for Las Vegas's downtown in '07--not the strip--promoted by the same people trying to get Phoenix off the ground, despite the comments and roadblocks thrown by Phoenix International Raceway's President Bryan Sperber.
Johnson doesn't rule out reunification...but he has to keep the nuts and bolts tightened on the day to day operations.

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