admin | 18 April, 2008 06:10
...with a look back at yesterday, when I and a bunch of other ink-stained wretches had the pleasure of lunching with Mario Andretti just after his induction into the Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame. Turns out one of the major factors in bringing about the Champ Car/IndyCar unification was none other than.....Mario Andretti.
Andretti said he hosted the first face-to-face meeting between IndyCar boss Tony George and Champ Car's Kevin Kalkhoven at his Pennsylvania home back in '06. Champ Car team owner Paul Newman was there, as was Brian Barnhart, Paul Gentilozzi and - of course - a cadre of attornies.
"The best part of that first meeting was that, right off the bat, both sides agreed a merger was neccesary," Andretti said. "Nobody was trying to put the other guy out of business. It was just seeking a win-win situation.
"Everybody, after all, realized that both 'patients' were on life-support."
Andretti said it helped that the George family had been his friends since his early days at the Indy 500. He told George and Kalkhoven at the meeting that, "I don't need to know the inner-workings of any deal, but I'll happily help. It's up to you two guys. And I'm gonna bug you until it gets done."
George called Andretti immediately aftrer the deal was agreed upon and Mario is again stoked about the future.
"This is gonna kick ass," he said. "Open-wheel racing again has ambience. An attitude. There's a lotta young talent out there. Fans will appreciate the sport even more now.
"I'm really looking forward to the next couple of years."
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