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Originally Posted by QuasiMondo
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...car/index.html
For the past 13 years, open-wheel racing in America has been nothing short of a joke. What was the once mighty CART split into the IRL (Indy Racing League) and Champ Car racing. IRL does mostly ovals, champ cars turn left and right. Both series have been besieged by low attendance compared to the juggernaut known as NASCAR.
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I like open wheel, both on ovals and road courses. I don't think that a reunification is salvation or anything close to it. Its being done to minimize further loses to each series' owners. Both are a sham. To think that when Tony George formed the IRL, CART had 4 engine manufacturers, three chassis manufacturers, two tire companies and a series sponsor. Today both series are a spec series, one engine, one chassis and one tire and no series sponsor. The Indy 500 was the hardest ticket to get in racing. The race was an instant sell out a week after the last one was ran. Today there are acres of aluminum seating visible when ABC shows an aerial shot. The sport is nearly dead. There's no fundamental change in how the sport will be ran that leads me to believe that if merged it will no be a success. Its too many years to late. Tony George will now have what he wanted, total control over open wheel racing in the US. The fact that its a fraction of what it once was is just a minor detail, I'm sure.
