The Biggest Shark in the tank...

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It's no secret that the Florida Mafia and Anton "Fredo" George see themselves as the big sharks in American racing. Enough so that they have ruthlessly tried to crush any and all opposition to their dominion over the racing seas on this side of the Atlantic. But, what both the France Family and Tony George keep forgetting is that they are really small fish compared to the monster lurking just out of sight to the east. And in the end, Chris Pook might just have the last laugh after all.

In a couple of threads there has been mention of Pook and some of the other top people from CART spending time in Europe, and a lot of speculation as to why. Is Pook looking for another venue to expand into? Or does he have something more diabolical in mind for the would be assassins of Open Wheel Racing in North America? Perhaps the biggest clue is in Chris Pook's own statement, and it's one that the Florida Mafia ought to really be worried about. Pook sees CART as THE feeder series for F1.

Now most of us, myself included, looked at that statement and shrugged. It is a well known fact that the biggest shark in the racing waters is none other than F1's Boss of Bosses, Bernie Ecclestone. And it is another well known fact that Bernie is a friend of Tony George. But what we all seemed to forget, especially Anton "Fredo" George, is that Bernie's also a friend of none other than Chris Pook. And there is not a more ruthless killer in the seas than Godfather Bernie.

There are too many other numerous links that can be drawn to the conclusion that the Boss of Bosses might be about to accomplish what he has publicly wanted for sometime now: Control of Open Wheel Racing in North America.

Anyway, it's something to think about. Here's the article from Champ Web on it:

CART's Future

There are some really good points in this from a fan's point of view, and some not so good ones, like Bernie might be ten times worse than the little Don's of IMS and the Florida Mafia. But, Bernie certainly knows how to put on a show.

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