Now look away. Yes, it's that hideous!
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Anyone who thinks this racing offseason has been dull must have their heads
planted deeper in the sand than those Dakar Rally maniacs -- whom we admire
greatly, for the record.
And no, we are not talking about the armed bandits who forced said rally to
cancel a couple stages over the weekend. (Imagine hearing your navigator tell
you, 'Flat over crest, acute left, wide open throttle, avoid the armed bandits
... ')
Since that topic's not lighting up our user e-mail, we'll instead talk about
matters of intrigue and secrecy, the possible highest-bidder auction of a
series, and the possible rising up of an entire angry NASCAR Nation.
First off, everyone wants to know if Champ Cars will be racing in '04. Answer?
Definitely, maybe, uh, who are we kidding -- if we knew that, we'd have a
successful late-night infomercial designed to improve your life while draining
your bank account.
Speaking of drained bank accounts, we all know CART did plenty of that last year
but what we don't know is if Paul Gentilozzi, Kevin Kalkhoven and Gerald
Forsythe will convince the bankruptcy court that their Open Wheel Racing Series
plan is best for CART's creditors.
There's a track in Fontana, Calif., that's desperate to get some or all of its
$2.5 million back from the canceled-by-wildfire race, there's the OWRS group
themselves speaking of uniting with Tony George's Indy Racing League, and now
there's the IRL saying it indeed is evaluating whether to bid on some of CART's
assets for itself.