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If it was 2000, it would have been much easier. CART was still in good shape, the IRL was still low key but I understand it was TG who declined the merge in the end. Perhaps he knew how badly CART's sponsors needed to race in Indy, as quite a few teams from CART did start taking part in the 500 from then onwards. But if things were sorted out then when CART was still pretty much as it was and the Indy 500 and the IRL were merged I'm sure things wouldn't be nearly as bad.
They won't merge now because the two directions are the opposite. CC is compared by many as an A1GP series and the IRL is rather CART lite of late. Whatever happens both are in poor shape and won't get better anytime soon.
My worst fears are for CC because it's chasing races irrelevant of where it needs to succeed all over the world and IMHO just bringing it down further. But we'll see what 2008 brings us for CC.
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