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Actually, the offer seems to be an evolution and was not just made recently. There were rumblings that something was going on back in November and December in west side Indy bar talk. IMO, that's when this concept was being discussed.
It seems to be evolved from around '05, BEFORE The Amigos sprung the DP-01 and declared it the great saviour. At the time, programs were started for Indy only with the Speedway, Honda and the big teams forming a package for smaller teams to do Indy one-offs more cheaply.
That continued to evolve in '06 and '07 and then the IRL/Speedway came out with its overall deal last fall for '08 of an increased purse for Indy, decreased purses the rest of the way and $1.2 million per car to those who commit to the series.
From the article, it appears that some CC car owners were unaware of the offer that was on the table, at least at some point -- no telling now whether it still is or not. But if Forsythe wanted $100 million on top of that....well, when pigs fly.
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