Hi Andy,
Collapse in revenues is a understatement. Basically they reunited in the interest of survival. Both have suffered from abysmal TV ratings and gate attendance in recent years, and have struggled to put together twenty car grids and attract sponsorship. The whole thing is really depressing, what we have left after the merger is essentially a watered down, poor man's version of what Indycar racing used to be. Spec cars and journyman rent-a-schmuck drivers are what Tony George's grand vision has left us with. There is a glimer of hope with new (yet to be announced) engine regs for 2011, but for the time being we're stuck with the crap spec Dallara chassis- Honda engine combination until then. If Indycar has any sense it will open things up to multi chassis and engine constructors, as in the good old days, but with the current economic climate, I fear spec cars will be what they'll opt for.
As for The Boob (aka Tony George), he's a complete f**k*ng idiot, there's no way to sugarcoat it. He took a thriving discipline of the sport and reduced it to the pile-o-pooh we have today, all in the name of his half-baked illiterate ego.
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