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Originally Posted by Ronzi
The CART/IRL war seems to be about over, with the IRL and Indianapolis the ultimate victor, although the 500 was almost destroyed in the process.
CART certainly was mismanaged and that played a big part in their problems, but I think the bottom line was the Indy 500. It was the only race the public gave a damn about, so it ultimately was the one race the car owners HAD to be able to run.
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I'm not sure how you can get that IRL is/has won the war.. ratings for every IRL race except the 500 are a joke, they had two engine manufacturers bail on them, and they probably won't even get 33 cars in the field for Indy this year. Many predict that some of the big name teams will jump back to Champ Car in '07 when the new package is introduced.
I've seen both shows and for my money it's Champ Car. Put it this way - I'm no big fan of NASCAR yet I watch more NASCAR than IRL over the course of a season.