Penske presses for US open-wheel unification
IndyCar and NASCAR team owner Roger Penske has renewed his call for a unification of the OWRS Champ Car World Series and the IRL IndyCar Series. He told The New York Times: "My goal, over the next couple of months, is to come up with a way to repair the split that led me away from Indianapolis for five years. I'd like to see one group, not two, racing Indy cars again."
Penske added that, in his view, a title sponsor for the IRL could be the springboard for renewal. He added: "Going to the Indy 500 is like going to the Kentucky Derby. But I didn't know what I'd been missing until I came back. Now is the time for everyone to come back. I think Tony George will be able to land a first-class sponsor for the IRL. Hopefully, that's on the horizon.
"If we have such a corporate sponsor for one series, with 35, 36, 37 cars available to compete regularly, I think it would lead to more competitive races and a better series overall than the two separate series we have now.
"In the future, we will need to find one sponsor who will be able to do for Indy car racing what Nextel can do for stock car racing."
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