2007 still being heralded as CC’s breakout year

No question, Champ Car is heralding 2007 as its breakthrough year. The new, lighter and faster Panoz chassis will be introduced and, presumably, more teams will jump on board. A new, twin-turbo engine could be used. Allmendinger predicts up to 26 cars will compete. “We’re still going to have 18 cars this year, and there are no (Lola) chassis left," he says. “Besides, new teams are not going to come in and spend money this year … next year it’ll take off." Portland Tribune