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Originally Posted by paul-collins
And now for the completely irresponsible rumour-mongering: evidently Brock Yates has suggested that IMS is for sale (Car and Driver, April 2006 issue).
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There's some rumors going around about golf carts being repossessed and big staff layoffs at IMS along with the irl having to fund some of the cars for 2006. I think we all knew the day of reckoning was coming.
There is no need for a merger because the irl is a dying dead dog of a series that has racked up at least $250 million in losses over 10 years. The engine bux of $200 million a year in free engines and cash are gone, Marlboro is gone soon($22 million a year), target is about to walk, pioneer is gone, irl teams are having auctions left and right, a bunch of races in key markets are gone, texas probably gone after this year, the irl has no races other than maybe indy that could be remotely described as "events" worth attending for 3 days, the danica effect is short lived once people realized what a stuck up brat she is, etc. There is nothing new and exciting about the series at all, nor are there any potential suitors out there on the horizon willing to continue to subsidize it.
I'm offering to chip in for cyanide capsules and pistols for the last few remaining in the IMS bunker when the end times come.
