Ecclestone interested in buying Indy Speedway?

Q: In your last mailbag, you casually mentioned that Bernie might be interested in buying the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Really? Why? Could you expand on this a little?

Steve, Indianapolis

RM: I heard it from a buddy in England who works at McLaren but I don’t have Bernie’s home phone number anymore (he changed it after I called him and woke him up in 1979) so I can’t really check it out. Robin Miller, Speed.com Mailbag January 26th