[Lee Janotta]

Originally posted by rush1
Why would TG want to cooperate with CART? Kanaan, Castroneves, De Ferran, Brack, Giafonne, Dixon, Scheckter, Franchiti, Andretti are all in the IRL. I don't think adding Bourdais, Junqueira or Jordain is very important.

The year is no longer 1996 or 1998. CART in 2003 is losing millions by the quarter. The Best drivers and teams are now in the IRL. Hopefully Tony George will cherry pick the few owners and sponsors in CART worth anything like Haas and Lilly. A little birdie tells me Lilly might support the IRL in some fashion next year. Shut them down!

But really very little meat remains on the carcass.

I addressed this in the parallel thread on the CART forum, actually. CART, for one thing, can actually attract fans to the races! I know from my own experience here in Cleveland, that the promoters nearly got chased out of town when it was leaked that they were in negotiations with the IRL. The people demanded CART, and they got CART. Believe me, the night race will only make them more fanatically loyal.