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Originally Posted by climb
Possibly, but IRL's situation is 100 times better, with solid teams, paid drivers, encouraging purses, Indy500, and even possible arrivals from CC ...
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Not even close.
The irl has 3 solid teams that don't have immediate funding worries.
Paid Drivers, champcar has them too. If the irl was so great, Hornish and Francheeki would not have fled to nascar, with more looking to follow.
Encouraging purses? Remember prize money is replaced now with a subsidy and token amounts for the top finishers outside of indy.
Indy 500, yes certainly a big race, nice to have.
Possible arrivals from champcar? Who? Dan Clarke? He's all yours.
I think if you believe the irl is a pillar of stability don't fool yourself. Word on the street is that it is going to take a number of pay drivers with bags of gold or tonybux in order for a number of cars to be able to front at the season opener.