On Feb 26, 1:27 pm, forty <cforteR3M...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> just bob wrote:
> > I expect we will hear KK say he's done with racing. He will drop his K
from
> > the team. At least that is the impression I got from watching the WT
> > interview when he basically said TG will make the decisions going
forward.
> > KK will have no input. TG says both sides have to give but the only
thing TG
> > is giving is money, which will be returned to him in spades by all the
> > people here who love this "merger". The IRL is not giving up anything.
They
> > are saving a couple of the races but only to make KK's exit easy.
He'll
> > probably give Long Beach to the IRL, too. It's a sad day for anyone
who
> > dislikes oval racing and will dearly miss a premier road racing
series. This
> > is all about CC going away and the IRL left alone to take over
everything as
> > TG always wanted.
>
> > "Lenny" <hayso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>
>news:78816a20-3e54-4d7f-b676-03099c34fa56@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> SPECIAL PROGRAMMING NOTE:
>
> >> SPEED will interrupt regularly scheduled programming Wednesday
> >> afternoon at 12:30 p.m. ET to broadcast coverage of the scheduled
> >> IndyCar Series press conference from Homestead-Miami Speedway
formally
> >> announcing the merger with the Champ Car World Series for 2008.
> >> SPEED's Robin Miller will be on-site providing commentary and
> >> perspective.
>
> I couldn't care less if he stays or goes, Vasser seems to be fully
> capable of running the team without him. I don't think Dan Pettit has
> much of anything to do with the team anymore, does he? Methinks he's
> fully wrapped up with the Forsythe team. They could just rename it to
> 'Team Vasser' or something like that.
I would love to see such a tribute to a guy who was one of CART's
best overall drivers, but that would be overly gracious for K.
>
> Or, maybe PKV will field an ALMS entry. KK must be anxious about the
> future of Cosworth and the company has a wonderful 3.6L bi-turbo LMP1
> engine that could use a customer...
I know of some great chassis that they could put those lumps into and
someone could develop a great all road circuit series...no wait. Been
there, done that... ;-)
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