O.T. Death of CART?, Will the evil TG win? Options

[tracks914]

TG Increases Bid
I am a die hard CART fan. I am passionate about the CART/IRL split. I hate what Tony George has done to open wheel racing in North America. I hate to watch the IRL crap wagons go round in circles.
Now it appears he might get his way with"his hand full of nails for CART's coffin" He has bid to buy CART's assests but only the FORD engines, (so that the rest of the league will have nothing to put in there race cars if they started a new series) all the emergency equipment including the mobile hospital, (a new series would need all this to start up) and only one race, (the Long Beach Grand Prix) so that Toyota could attend their marquis race.
He claims he cares about open wheel racing in N/A but really only wants to kill CART. 10 years after he split from CART it appears his deep pockets might win.
As far as I'm concerned Tony can suck dead air from my liley white butt! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/finger.gif)

[jnp914]

Am I the only one that remembers when Penske, Patrick, et al hijacked 'Indycar' racing away from USAC???

Tony George rightfully feared what the CART owners were positioning themselves to do. They (Penske, etc) had their own chassis suppliers, their own engine suppliers, and their own tracks. It was only a matter of time until the CART guys tried to muscle Indianapolis away from Tony. It was too attractive a plum to allow it to remain outside the CART cabal's control.

So he launched a pre-emptive strike and protected his asset, arguably the most valuable one in American open wheel racing: the Indy 500. He structured the League around it. Don't forget, he didn't ban CART teams from racing, they just had to race in the League races and not cherry-pick. Sounds like a reasonable business model, at least in the racing world.

Those of you dedicated CART followers surely must recognize that CART and its' formation mirrors Bernie Eccelstone's hijacking of Formula 1 away from the FIA. Once upon a time, a track with an FIA Formula 1 sanction would put on a race with a prize money purse, and Formula 1 teams would enter and compete. Bernie and his fellow squids muscled up, formed the Formula One Constructors Association and took the whole show in house. FOCA puts on the races, arranges the prize money which is never revealed, and formulates the rules for F1. A track that wants a race has to contract with Bernie to bring the show to town. No contract with Bernie, no race. One big package deal, and carefully controlled.

Gee, sounds exactly like CART.

I would never call Tony a saint, but I do not think he has raped and pillaged the racing scene as some would claim. Penske and crew's hands are a lot dirtier in this respect.

Remember, what is good for Roger is not necessarily good for racing.