"CAR WARS III" .... in the horizon ?

[Swift17]

“INDYCAR: OWNERS, SERIES CONTINUE TO WORK ON COST REDUCTION STRATEGIES”

WITH PATIENCE BEGINNING TO WEAR THIN, OWNERS ARE WILLING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM ON THEIR OWN IF THE SERIES FAILS TO BRING COSTS DOWN IN A TIMELY MANNER. ….

As SPEED’s Robin Miller first chronicled, IZOD IndyCar Series team owners have joined forces to demand a reduction in the price of spare parts for the new-for-2012 Dallara DW12, and after months of little to no progress being made, ……

“The League has a contract with Dallara…we don’t,” he said. “We own these cars, not the league, and it’s far more expensive to run them than in the past...and than what we were told it would cost. ... . What’s to stop us from going to Lola or Swift, for example, and asking them to make wishbones for all the teams at a more realistic price? And then what’s the League going to do?

“Are they going to throw out the entire field when we go through tech? Are they then going to cancel the race? ... I think [the series] has maybe another month before the owners get tired of waiting for real solutions and start to find them on their own.”

Ummmm ! Ok young ones – History lesson:

The split from USAC was spurred by a group of activist car owners who had grown disenchanted with what they saw as an inept sanctioning body. Complaining about everything USAC, this group coalesced around Dan Gurney who, in early 1978, wrote what came to be known as the "Gurney White Paper", the blueprint for an organization called Championship Auto Racing Teams.

OWR- Car Wars I –Owners v. USAC – II George v. CART - III ? Owners v. IndyCar

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" , George Santayana

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...ction-strategy

The reporting herein does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the writer !

[rwindle]

I thought the exact same thing when I read this news item on SpeedTV's website. I'm surprised that Robin Miller hasn't brought up more of open wheel racing's history in his reports. USAC, CART, IndyCar, and whatever is next ... it is all the evolution of the sport.

When this much money is involved things do get a bit confused. Look at Bernie Ecclestone's latest issues.

[Rick Kirchner]

I think they'll get some concessions out of Dallara and the IRL on price or second sources here in the states, but it's much ado about nothing. the series is on a huge upswing, I doubt the big boys will let anyone really upset the apple cart.