George to shut down Vision Racing?

UPDATE #2 Looks like AR1.com sources were right after all, in spite of the team telling us our story was nonsense. This rumor is now 'fact' as Vision Racing has shut it's doors – see article.

"He told everyone that as difficult a decision as it was to make, he had to inform them they decided to cease racing operations until sponsorship is secured," said team spokesperson Pat Caporali.

"Efforts will continue to locate sponsorship," she added. "But the reality is at the moment there is no sponsorship in place to get the team on track for the 2010 Izod IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights Championship."

01/20/10 A spokesperson for Vision Racing told AutoRacing1.com that "the team is working very hard on sponsorship to run one IndyCar and one Indy Lights car in 2010 and there are no plans whatsoever to shut the team down. Even though we went down to one car part way through the 2009 season, Tony kept on the entire staff for two cars until October. The staff reductions we had recently are normal this time of year."

01/20/10 As the family feud continues, the big rumor floating around Indy is that Tony is shutting down Vision Racing when he returns from a vacation.