All hail unification!
It’s the day open-wheel racing fans have been anticipating for 12 years…Unification Day.
Indy Racing League founder/CEO Tony George and Champ Car co-owner Kevin Kalkhoven will lay out the New World Order for domestic open-wheel racing during a news conference today at Homestead-Miami Speedway. (Hopefully, there won’t be another power outage at 11:15 a.m., CST, to mess this up).
Meanwhile, Speed TV_ also known as The NASCAR Network _ will interrupt its regularly scheduled programming at 11:30 a.m. to broadcast coverage of the historic merger. Speed’s Robin Miller, who has been on top of this story for a month, will be on-site to provide commentary and perspective…and sarcasm.
And I’ll follow up with a localized report in Thursday’s Sports section.
– John Sturbin