Tony George comments on his talks with Kalkoven 2006 March 24
Joe Jennings had an interesting column on Motorsport.com titled “George comments on his talks with Kalkoven.” For those who don’t know Tony George heads the Indy Raceing League and Kevin Kalkoven heads ChampCar (formally CART). The article makes it sound like their is a very good chance that somewhere down the line the IRL and ChampCar will unite. It doesn’t sound like it will happen tomorrow, the next day, or even next year. That said, Tony George’s comments make it look like it has a good chance of happening sometime down the road. Personally, I don’t really want to see the series reunite because I like where the IRL is right now. While their isn’t a lot of short track drivers, there is a few (including Ed Carpenter and PJ Chesson) and the series has a nice mix of drivers and I like that the series has been providing some great racing predominately on ovals. That said, a united series probably would be stronger and have a better long term outlook – so it probably would be for the best. Oh well, whatever happens, happens.