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Originally Posted by D.R.T.
ChampCar will survive as long as the owners support it, the same as the IRL. Same since 2003.
So I dont see the logic in arguing the IRL as a head and shoulders stronger option at the current time.
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Two words: Indy 500.
The Indy 500, however you may wish to devalue it, is an immensely important race, and an immensely profitable race. It has the highest one-day attendance of any race outside NASCAR; its two-week totals are great, and all paid too. In terms of the Hulman family holdings, the Indy 500 more than supports the IRL, and that ignores the Brickyard 400 and now Moto GP.
On the other hand, Kevin Kalkoven and Gerry Forsythe (and Dan Pettit?) are funding ChampCar from their personal holdings -- from their wallets, as it were.
Big difference.