Friday, February 22, 2008

Open Wheel Racing Amalgamation--From what we can discern, the process is continuing between Anton H. "Tony George" and Kevin Kalkhoven to dot i's and cross t's--the details I spoke about on "Race-Talk". It is continuing slowly, but continuing nonetheless.

Until we get the release outlining the details, all of us observers are speculating or relaying a snippet of fact. I do feel confident that the concept of a single series has been embraced.

I do have some questions, which I hope will be answered in due time:

What happens with the Long Beach/Motegi date conflict?

Which two of the Champ Car races will be folded into the 2008 schedule?

Which of the Champ Car squads will fold into the series by Homestead? My guess would certainly be Newman Haas (Justin Wilson & Graham Rahal), Forsythe (Paul Tracy et al), PKV Racing, Dale Coyne, Eric Bachelart, and the Derrick Walker crew. If there are 20-24 cars for every race (except the Long Beach and Motegi rounds) then that will show up better on TV than 18 car parades.

What will the 2009 Indy Car series schedule look like? Will International Speedway Corporation bookend the season (Homestead start, Chicago end)? What about the Champ Car races that don't make the cut in 2008?

Be assured, we'll look for these answers and answers to other questions that will come up.

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