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post Feb 22 2008, 09:52 PM
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So IRL and CART are kissing and making up - thoughts?
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post Feb 23 2008, 10:43 AM
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agree, too little too late - and it's all Tony George's fault IMO. IIRC he wanted to create an "american" series because the cars were all (or nearly all) foreign made/designed. That's why the Aurora v8 engine was used IIRC. Now we have a spec series with....Honda engines.

I used to enjoy going to the CART races, especially in Portland. Think I went five years straight. Been to Indy twice too. But until Champ and IRL truly make up, it will be a long time before they get their fan base back. And I think they will have a hard time getting the up-and-coming drivers to look forward to a top-tier open-wheel car when they can go to NASCAR and get big paychecks for finishing 18th or worse.
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bsim   Open wheel Unification   Feb 22 2008, 09:52 PM
AllZWay   Too late... open wheel racing is dead in the US. ...   Feb 22 2008, 10:02 PM
bubba353z   I'm glad it finally happened, but I hate that ...   Feb 22 2008, 11:25 PM
supermac   Who cares? Just one more example of some moron thi...   Feb 23 2008, 12:18 AM
CMC #37   I am for it, they never should have split. Is this...   Feb 23 2008, 12:32 AM
Rob Hood   agree, too little too late - and it's all Tony...   Feb 23 2008, 10:43 AM
rmackintosh   IRL WINS!!!! Must have something ...   Feb 23 2008, 04:30 PM
dailydriver   So which rules and spec engine packages are they g...   Feb 23 2008, 06:36 PM
bubba353z   They are going to be using the IRL specs / rules -...   Feb 23 2008, 08:41 PM
Viper99ta   I'm glad they are back too but agree it will t...   Feb 23 2008, 10:20 PM
Mojave   QUOTE (Viper99ta @ Feb 23 2008, 04:20 PM)...   Feb 24 2008, 03:31 AM
gopanoz   ALMS will be the headliner in Houston!!...   Feb 24 2008, 07:27 AM
v7guy   I guess I'm one of the younger guys here and I...   Feb 24 2008, 12:59 PM
mitchntx   Since open wheel Champ cars are canceled as the he...   Feb 24 2008, 04:14 PM
mongoosez   QUOTE (mitchntx @ Feb 24 2008, 10:14 AM) ...   Feb 25 2008, 11:18 PM

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