Official sources? We've been talking about it for 4 pages in another thread, with plenty of official sources, quotes and links.
Agreed, this makes very little sense. Any official sources ?What makes little sense? Using the IRL chassis? Well lets take a look at things
IRL Chassis -
Dallara - good safety record (yes, look it up), good reliability, no know technical issues
Panoz (G-Force) - poor safety record, slow, issues with electronics
CCWS Chassis -
Panoz DP01 - Poor safety record, poor reliability, major technical issues*
*Including, but not limited to, the fuel tank not venting, the gearbox shedding cogs, the electronics randomly catching fire, the software confusing Push 2 Pass and the Pit limiter, the chassis cracking under load after just 50 laps, and the starter motor not working.
Whilst the Dallara may not be the prettiest car in the world, unlike the Panoz DP01 (and in fact most of the racing cars Panoz has ever produced), it actually works and is easily the most realistic choice for a unified series. Not to mention that Panoz couldn't keep up with the supply of parts and chassis which CCWS required for the 2007 season, so asking them to keep up with a 25-30 car grid set of parts would be an impossibility. The idea of a Panoz DP01 take a rearward impact on an oval isn't worth thinking about anyway. The consequences would be horrific.
seems like this is a bad merger for the public. Seems like the public will actually be able to SEE this series. Had they merged the other way then we wouldn't be able to watch it since the TV deal which CCWS got for 2008 was so poor that only a handful of races would be shown in there entirety...and only a couple of them would be live. IRL on the other hand has full live coverage in the US and most European countries.
at crappier tracks (and too many ovals).Think you'll find most of the circuits such as Long Beach, Cleveland, Road America have already stated they want to break into the IRL calender (and obviously if you'd have read up on it you'd know a handful already have, such as Long Beach and possibly Surfers Paradise). IRL cannot simply change all its contracts and schedules at the last minute like people want, so cannot adopt the CCWS series that quickly.
a lot of the champcar tracks are fantastic and are more interesting then f1 tracks A lot of them are complete junk too. The Las Vegas Street Circuit sucks, Jerez sucks, Zolder sucks, Assen sucks, Edmonton sucks, Mexico City sucks. And if you want to get picky, IRL goes to the old Detroit Belle Isle circuit (which is fantastic), St Petersberg, Watkins Glen and Mid Ohio which are outstanding circuits. The CCWS circuits are not lost. And if you think we won't see circuits such as Road America appear on the IRL calender in coming years then you might be a little mad.
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