New Champ Car team forming?

Baltimore Ravens' LB Ray Lewis joined Craig Shemon and James Washington to discuss his new venture into Champ Car racing. Lewis has teamed up with Gale Sayers to create the S&L Racing Team which is focused on creating opportunities for minorities and women. Craig wanted to know why Ray did not buy a NASCAR racing team… [Editor's Note: We assume they mean the Atlantic series to start.]

Craig Shemon: "You said you got turned down. Now NASCAR claims to have this really open door policy trying to get more minorities involved in their sport. What did you mean by that?"

Ray Lewis: Well, whatever policy they have, we hit a lot of walls. Because it takes huge sponsorships, it takes huge commitment, from so many different people in the NASCAR world who actually put so much into the NASCAR world. And I tell you, me and Gale and [my partner] time and time and time again we had people confirm that they were gonna help us, and then at the last minute, they back out. And I'm telling you it's just really rough. So whatever program they have in place, it might be in place, but it definitely did not help us through the process that we were trying to go through. FOX Sports