Nothing much, but a few interesting odds and ends on a Saturday ...
TG is spending some big $$ to make unification happen
According to the Indy Star, it's upwards of $20 milllion, in this story about CC's bankruptcy.
Bell is back
San Luis Obispo's newspaper has a piece on hometown driver Townsend Bell, who has a seven-race deal with D&R to share a car with Milka Duno.
Says Townsend: “Having raced at Indy once makes this even more exciting because I know what a great event it is. My excitement, however, is tempered by a high degree of focus to catch up, if you will. I’m jumping right back in the heat of the action, so there isn’t a lot of time to cherish the moment. I still have a lot of work to do to get ready for my first race.”
Race or Rays?
The St. Pete race could be in jeopardy, with a proposed new ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays going through the middle of the IRL's street course
Says Brian Barnhart: "Yes, we're concerned. I think we all consider St. Pete one of the marquee events on the schedule. ... It's something we're going to keep our eye on."
The race is contracted through 2009.
This notebook also includes items on Milka Duno's movie, Speed Racer, which debuts May 9; Ryan Briscoe reading the owner's manual on the paddle shifters; and TK wanting to crash Dan Wheldon's wedding.
News from the south
You have to scroll down to get to it, but recently-temporarily-replaced NASCAR driver A.J. Allmendinger has no plans to leave taxicabs and return to IndyCars.
Says the other A.J.: "I want to be here ... I know if we are in the top 35, we are never going to fall out because I'm going to race a lot better than I qualify."
Mike Skinner has temporarily replaced 'Dinger so he can try to get the team in the Top 35 in points so it can get the qualifying mulligan.
Maybe Robby Gordon isn't going to have to follow through on his "threat" to leave NASCAR for the IRL. His 100-point penalty was rescinded (but a $100,000 fine was increased by $50K).
And finally ...
IndyCar.com has a piece on the art student project
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