February 28th, 2008 — Tags:cart, ccws, champ-car, indycar, irl, karl kalkhoven, reunification, tony-george
It is finally official, the IRL & CCWS are one. The way it should have always been. Sour grapes of the past aside though, as Karl Kalkhoven said: “Now is not the time to look back”
Greg MacPherson from Inside Track live blogged the press conference yesterday and has some great insight.
Full length (really long) press release after the break
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February 23rd, 2008 — Tags:cart, ccws, champ-car, indycar, irl, tony-george, toronto-grand-prix
Ever since North America’s open wheel racing series was torn apart by Tony George and his American only plan, I, like many fans have dreamed of the day the two series would quit struggling and get back together. At its peak, CART offered some of the best racing in the world. What followed would be years of lackluster racing, sponsorship woes and odd business practices. Little did I dream that when the marriage between the two series, our Toronto race would be a victim of the battle.
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February 19th, 2008 — Tags:champ-car, indy racing league, indycar, irl, tony-george, toronto-grand-prix
Ever since Tony George ripped open wheel racing in North America apart, there have been annual rumors that a reunification between Champ Car and the IRL was in the works. Every time, it has turned out to be nothing more than wishful thinking.
SpeedTV is reporting that the powers that be may have an announcement as soon as tomorrow or Thursday. It would indeed be wonderful to see the Indy Racing League and Champ Car become one again. Let’s hope this all isn’t just another pipe dream.
My main concern falls in the last 2 paragraphs of the speed article:
The fast, challenging airport circuit at Edmonton, which drew a legitimate 175,000-200,000 people during its first three years, will likely find a place on the IRL schedule as well. And Surfer’s Paradise, Australia was also being heavily considered.
It would bring the combined schedule to 19 races for 2008 and George is likely to consider other Champ Car circuits like Toronto or Mexico City for 2009.
Where would this leave the 2008 Toronto Grand Prix, which is generally considered the favorite event on the Champ Car schedule?
January 9th, 2007 — Tags:daytona-24, grandprix, irl, open-wheel-racing, porsche, tony-george
Tony George, the man who single handedly has ruined open wheel racing in North America has bruised his ego in a crash at Daytona. Apparently, George has decided to come out of retirement as a driver and enter a car in next month’s Daytona 24 hour race. He was testing the Crawford Porsche on Friday when he lost control and crashed. He was not hurt.
read more at grandprix.com
