The "undead" rises in wake of IndyCar merger

IndyCar Series Poised to Release Details of OWR Merger Today

Posted 2/27/2008 on FastMachines.com

Press Conference Beamed Live via Speed, ESPN News, IndyCar.com by Allan Brewer allan@fastmachines.com...

TV, Internet to broadcast open-wheel merger conference

Posted 2/25/2008 on Indy Racing Revolution

ESPNEWS, SPEED Channel and IndyCar.com will carry the live press conference to announce the unification of American open-wheel racing on Wednesday at 12:25 p.m. ET. The announcement will take place before the IndyCar Series Open Test at Homestead-Miami Speedway, which will run that night from 4 to 10 p.m. ET.

IndyCar & Champ Car: So Happy Together

Posted 2/22/2008 on FanHouse

Nearly 12 years later, a few people at the top of the open-wheel racing world finally got their heads screwed on straight. The Indianapolis Star's Curt Cavin is reporting that sometime on Friday, both the IRL IndyCar Series and the Champ Car World Series will announce a merger effective for the coming 2008 season. From the article: Barring an 11th-hour snag in negotiations between IRL founder ...

IndyCar gives up, lets Champ Car back in the house

Posted 2/20/2008 on From the Marbles

At long last, it looks like the Champ Car World Series is coming home again. After a 12-year split that made open-wheel racing look only slightly more organized than professional boxing, the Indy Racing League and the Champ Car World Series are reportedly about to merge , with Champ Car folding elements of its World Series into IRL's IndyCar Series. First reported by Speedtv.com, the merger ...

How an Indycar merger might affect F1

Posted 2/20/2008 on F1 blog from F1Fanatic

With the American open wheel racing seasons not far away it’s the time of year when we’ve come to expect rumours of a reunion between the warring factions in US racing: the Champ Car World Series and the Indy Racing League. But this time there seems to be genuine cause for optimism . Both series have lost top drivers (CCWS’s Sebastien Bourdais to F1 and IRL’s Dario ...

Is open-wheel merger imminent?

Posted 2/19/2008 on Indy Racing Revolution

The Indianapolis Star’s Curt Cavin reported this morning that IRL competitions division president Brian Barnhart is now on orders from league founder Tony George to find out which IndyCar Series teams have spare cars and equipment for possible new squads coming over from the Champ Car World Series. As of now, Walker Racing appears to be the only Champ Car team with an IRL chassis in its ...

IRL begins transition to bring Champ Car teams into IndyCar Series (AP)

Published 2/25/2008 on Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Now comes the hard part: making the merger between America's two major open-wheel series work.