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18 Jun 2003, 17:18 (Ref:635707) | #1 | ||
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Bernie, Tony & CART 1991
[Autoweek, July 30, 1990; page 50-51]
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Welcome to the site, and thanks for digging this out of your collection. Clearly Tony George's plans for what became the IRL (although soem of the details aren't the same) go back a long way, and Bernie's motives may not have been pure - CART was starting to be seen as a serious rival to F1 in 1990, Mansell was offered a drive in it after leaving Ferrari before eventually going over in 1993.
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Indeed you are right. In fact at one point CART nearly bought F1!!!
BE played his cards right and I will assume that his next step is to take over all of OW racing in the US. Thanks for the Welcome - great site!!! |
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Good post, aport, and again... Welcome!
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Thanks!
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I guess that when the music stops, Roger Penske always has a chair, as Danny Sullivan said. But I say... when the music stops, Bernie always has the best chair!
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Bernie owns the chairs, and can take and remove the ones he wants at will...lol
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