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jonovision_man
11-21-05, 01:43 PM
Someone posted this elsewhere, figured a thread here might be ... entertaining. :)

http://www.autoweek.com/article.cms?articleId=103601


“Car count is always important,” said IRL president Brian Barnhart, but he’s not worried about the possibility of running 18 or 19 cars. “That’s obviously not our desire or our goal, but it’s still more than [Champ Car] has had, and they showed you can still put on competent shows with that many [cars],” he said.

Barnhart is trying to help teams by encouraging Honda to reduce its engine lease program from the estimated $1.7 million for 17 races this season to $900,000 for 14 next season.

Honda might be more agreeable if it has all the IRL cars for 2006, which now looks like a distinct possibility. Team Penske has announced its decision to leave Toyota (the manufacturer is out of the IRL in ’07, following Chevy to the sidelines); Ganassi is believed to have made the same decision. If Cheever can’t field a team, that would leave Toyota with only a couple of the league’s smallest teams (Vision and Hemelgarn), not enough to make a go of it.

rabbit
11-21-05, 02:10 PM
18 is just a number...

Rob
11-21-05, 03:06 PM
IRL math: "18 or 19 Indycars is more than 18 or 19 Champ Cars" :rolleyes:

Skater_36
11-21-05, 04:19 PM
The president of the IRL in the press basically saying "well Champ Car does it and they do a good job so we should be able to do it".

I don't think there is an ounce of originality in that entire organization.

NismoZ
11-21-05, 04:34 PM
does...(champCar) ...mean he couldn't even SAY it? Wonder what he really said?

rabbit
11-21-05, 04:46 PM
does...(champCar) ...mean he couldn't even SAY it? Wonder what he really said?
As a journo myself, my hunch is "[Champ Car]" means he said "CART."

rosawendel
11-21-05, 05:24 PM
IRL math: "18 or 19 Indycars is more than 18 or 19 Champ Cars" :rolleyes:

well, of course they are... ever seen one of them irl dealies? heffers, they are. i'd definately kick them outta bed for eating crackers, i would.

moo!

RTKar
11-21-05, 09:28 PM
GOOD GOD...teh irl has engine leases? The Hulmanity of it.

Jervis Tetch 1
11-21-05, 10:34 PM
IRL math: "18 or 19 Indycars is more than 18 or 19 Champ Cars" :rolleyes: :rofl: