David Phillips on Business Decisions in Autoracing

[Fogelhund]

http://www.speedtv.com/commentary/33445/?page=1

[2112]

It`s more of an AOWR story. But this Atherton guy..he is a real player...in bed with both Tony George and Kevin Kalkoven.
Ultimately it may be the glue that puts single seater racing back together in the U.S..hopefully with a single Panoz chassis.

One thing I like about sports cars is that they shine on endurance events...having these sprint races increasingly is a necessary evil I suppose.
Made for network TV.

[Fogelhund]

The story discusses why the combined events might make sense, which has been a big topic for ALMS fans.

A couple of errors in the article.

1./ Forgot about the combined IRL/ALMS event at St. Pete's.
2./ ACO/IMSA agreement prevents 24 hour races.

As far as a merger... I think you can forget about that for the next few years.

[2112]

Originally Posted by Fogelhund

The story discusses why the combined events might make sense, which has been a big topic for ALMS fans.

A couple of errors in the article.

1./ Forgot about the combined IRL/ALMS event at St. Pete's.
2./ ACO/IMSA agreement prevents 24 hour races.

As far as a merger... I think you can forget about that for the next few years.

A 6-10 hour race would be a success at Indy though...the residents won`t oppose it, since the noise won`t go on overnight.