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The IRL is in much better shape than Champ car, the Penske, Ganassi and Andretties are the best funded, highest budget teams between the two series. THe IRL has Helio Castroneves and Danica Patrick - two well known drivers in North America, champ car is of course all no names. Champ car is now a hobby sport for very rich men.
The IRL has revenue streams such as television (ABC contract) ethanol sponsorship and the Indianapois and BrickYard 400. They have clearly come out on top in the pointless civil war.
The hobby sport champ car will last as long as these men want to indulge their expensive hobby, either way its a mear blip on the radar screen.
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