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IRL/ Champ Car possible merger?
An Announcement is expected Friday. I'm really hoping this happens, it's painful to watch the series operate seperately.
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Yeah, I was reading about it a few weeks ago. Hopefully it finally makes it.
EDIT: wait, written by Mike Harris? I already know of three people by that name that lives in Reno. Is this a 4th? |
It was stupid when they split back when. I just hope they don't F up the merger and drive more teams away.
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Looks like its official now.
http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headline...22224200.shtml Quote:
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I guess details are going to be announced next week in a news conference, but it looks like one thing that's known is that its all going under the IRL banner.
I hope that doesn't mean they abandon road and street courses :( |
I think with IRL's push towards more road courses in their own series lately, they'll likely leverage the contacts CART had w/ the road courses.
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I wonder though if retaining the "Indy" name is good or bad. While it has name recognition, is that recognition still positive. I don't recall what was on opposite last year's Indy 500, but I sure didn't watch Indy last year, or for many years before. I definitely watched more CHAMP than IRL over the years since the split.
I'd be tempted to leave the race as Indy but keep Champ as the car/series. |
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The "Indy" name recognition may not hold the same glamor it used to with motorheads, but it's still far more recognized in the general public. |
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Hell, I've heard people refer to all open wheel cars as Indy Cars.
(I believe this was on Rob, Arnie and Dawn years ago) Rob: "Michael Schumacher, who drives in F1..." Arnie: "We don't need no fruity indy cars here, this is 'merica and we watch NASCAR" |
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