Superleague may buy Champ Cars

UPDATE #3 Team owner Paul Gentilozzi said he believes the world hasn't seen the last of the Cosworth-powered Panoz DP01 cars that ran in the Champ Car World Series finale at Long Beach. "I think somewhere a series will emerge using this equipment. I know we have a plan for ours." IndyStar

02/21/08 This rumor is downgraded to 'false' today. The Superleague Formula will not buy used or new Champ Car chassis, because the Superleague tubs are already built and the chassis is totally different.

02/20/08 Don't be surprised if this rumor becomes 'fact' before long now that it is all but certain that Champ Car will cease to exist and the teams will be left with cars they have no use for. Another option we hear could be on the table is a switch to a modified oval-ready version of the Panoz for 2009 or 2010 and beyond, which is when the IRL was due for a new car anyway. In that scenario the question is whether the IRL would switch to the sexier turbo engines that Champ Car uses, or stick with the loud normally aspirated engines they currently use.

01/28/08 There is a rumor going around that if Champ Car were to take up Tony George's offer (Tony says it's too late, the offer is no longer on the table) to switch to the IRL the new Superleague, which has not had all its cars built yet, have made an offer to buy all the Champ Cars and convert them to their normally aspirated F1-sounding V10 engines.