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The three races that have been mentioned from CC to join a "melding" effort are Long Beach, Edmonton and Surfers.
Those would seem to be the races that have the management and financing to make a go of it.
Look at the others. Portland is CC-backed and loses money. Lanigan is a CC designate as promoter at Houston and Cleveland, both of which lose money.
Mont Tremblant was just a movement of appeasement by Legault to CC when he went to NASCAR, not particularly because he wanted to do it.
And how many of the Laguna Secas and European track rentals have been "signed" at this point?
TG said in that interview that the IRL was talking to tracks with which it had contracts to accommodate the merger. Presumably, CC is, too, but IMO, CC had fewer entanglements. And from what we hear, it seems to be resolved except for Motegi and Long Beach.
From the reaction of CC car owners and drivers who have been interviewed, Bachelart seems to be the only one POed and that's because he said he just spent a million on a new DP-01 and some equipment. (If he spent a million on a new car, then where is all that cost containment?)
Time will tell.
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