A couple of more articles on this:
http://ukpress.google.com/article/AL...bXKHapBKVY_nnw
http://www.paddocktalk.com/news/html...rder=0&thold=0
It would appear that the Long Beach/Motegi clash is the only sticking point. TG is flying to Japan on Monday to try and convince them to move the race to later in the season. I'm sure the folks at Honda (who own the track) will see just how big this is and make a deal. What do they want? About 20 cars this April or maybe 35+ later in the year?
Another point - I'm sure Honda will have lost some revenue since they lost a permanent F1 race at Suzuka. A merged US Open Wheel series could easily be just as big in motorsport mad Japan as F1. C'mon Honda, you know it makes sense!