On Feb 26, 1:59 pm, "armpit" <armarmpit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "forty" <cforteR3M...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > 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.
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> >> "Lenny" <hayso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>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.
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> > 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.
>
> > 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...
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> > --
> > forty
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> Hmmm. I'd like to see the IRL dump the Honda engine at season's end in
favor
> of the Cosworth, and the Power-to-pass that goes along with it.
And then they could dump that ancient, flying chassis and use the
modern Panoz...
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