Did you see what Bruton said?

...on the Nascar hub? He is working with the folks at Indy to push the start time earlier and could possibly offer 20 million to the race driver that could win both in one day. Do you think that would be some added incentive for RG to give it a go again? I hope this happens, it would be great for both leagues to have some back and forth. You could potentially see RG Smoke, John Andretti, Danica, Franchitti and maybe even Paul Tracy give it a shot.

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Permalink Reply by Scott C on May 21, 2010 at 2:40pm

Ahh yes, the Penske Ilmor PC22, I almost forgot. Most will say this was a compromise brokered by Tony George to keep Rahal from missing the race. In return, Roger avoided a last minute rule change from USAC pertaining to the dominant Mercedes engine that no one else had.

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Permalink Reply by R. ALDRIDGE on May 21, 2010 at 11:13pm

The ironic thing was, Rahal labored at the back of the pack all year trying to develop the new Honda engine. Then when he gave up on them (or vice versa, I don't remember) they dominated the next few years.

Permalink Reply by vak7 on May 20, 2010 at 5:16pm

I'm not so sure Stewart could do Indy anymore. At least not the double. Remember last time when they had to take him out on a stretcher feeding him oxygen while he was still in the car? Took a toll on him. And he was much younger and more fit back then. I think that ship has sailed for him.