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Article: From here to Infiniti: for many young up-and-coming drivers, the Infiniti Pro Series is a welcome steppingstone to the surprisingly desirable IRL.
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- Auto Racing Digest
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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WHEN INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR Speedway president Tony George first broke from CART to start his own open-wheel league, he used a trickle-down approach, leveraging his one real asset: the Indianapolis 500, the crown jewel of American open-wheel racing. Drivers were given a choice: Race in the Indianapolis 500 or stay with the venerable CART. His plan worked, and with considerable help from his money-burning, calamitous rival, George's series is now easily the most financially healthy of the two.
Now in its continuous battle with CART for American open-wheel supremacy--and its dream of challenging NASCAR for American motor sports supremacy--the IRL is working from the ...