Owners Buying IndyCar?

On the August 19th edition of SPEED Channel's weekly show Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain, Robin Miller made public a rumor that a few current IndyCar team owners are trying to buy the series from the Speedway and the Hulman-George Family. He also made known that said team owners would remove Randy Bernard from CEO if they do purchase the series.

OK, I will be honest, this is a little knee jerk of a post. This was made known to the general public about ten minutes ago but it is an interesting and seems to be a never changing topic with American Open-Wheel Racing. The team owners want control of the series, they do not want to be told what to do even if it will save them money. Miller did not go into depth about who the team owners are but he said around five are working together.

We can speculate all we want about who the team owners are and then dig as to why they would want control but I am not going to do that tonight. After years are struggling with two series, finally unifying,   and now trying to grow public attention and awareness of a series with a television deal that is less than favorable, the series is seeing the best on track action in years, the best field of drivers in years and more positivity than ever, I feel the general consensus WOULD NOT be in favor of a changing of the guard. CART was run by the team owners, and while it was all well and good for sometime, it ultimately ran itself under.

Not everything has been bullet-proof this season. From the grid penalties for engine changes to delaying aerokits again to the unpredictably high prices for spares, a lot of things have to be examined for 2013; but that is no reason to completely take over and clean house. Nobody is perfect and everybody, from the series to team owners, the manufactures to the drivers have to sit down together and discuss what has to change, why it has to change and what can be done to make it better. This is not CART. This sanctioning body has to listen to all key players involved and come to an understanding that is the best for the SERIES AS A WHOLE!

(Note: Not related to this post but I will be moving to Pittsburgh, Pa and was wondering if their are any public places in the Pittsburgh area where Formula One fans meet and watch the races together? My cable package will not have SPEED and I was wondering if their is a place where I can catch the races. You can let me know by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post or you can let me know on Twitter. My handle is @4theloveofindy. Thank you.)