Speed News: New Effort to Unify the Indy Racing League and Champ Car (Merged again)

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~~~ Sorry, there is incredibly little news on this at the moment, so bare with me ~~~

This was just reported as 'breaking news' on the road-racing edition of Speed News. I'm waiting for it to come up on the Speed website.

Robin Miller described the situation like this:

• Tony George met with CCWS president Dick Eidswick over the past week.
• Robin reported that Dick Eiswick told Kevin Kalkhoven that Tony George practically offered to buy the series.
• When Robin Miller talked to Tony George, George did not deny that he talked to Eidswick, but he did deny that he made an offer to buy the series.
• Tony George has not talked to either Forsythe or Kalkhoven since they bought the series. But suggested if they did, 'things could happen'.
• Kalkhoven, Forsythe, and Gentilozzi in general would be fine if George was a partner, but not if he was in direct control of the sport.
• Mario Andretti has been trying to convince both the IRL and Champ Car to go to a common chassis and engine formula.
• Robin also believes that what he knows at this point is "just the tip of the iceberg".

There will probably be more news on this on Windtunnel tonight, or on the Speed website.

I hope this story holds some water. But realistically, I expect as this story develops, it will spring leaks like a sieve.