Penske supports, Foyt slams merger talk

While Indy Racing League owners Penske and Chip Ganassi expressed enough interest in a reunified national open-wheel series to support the purchase of equipment for Champ Car teams that would join the Indy Racing League, counterpart A.J. Foyt is opposed.

"I would throw a damned fit," said Foyt, the godfather of IRL chief executive officer Tony George, "and would want to damned near pack up my bags if that was all true. And I think a lot of people that have been loyal to them would do the same thing because it just wouldn't be right for people who had to buy and spend a lot of money." Penske, however, so supports the idea he said he would provide incoming teams "an extra car or pieces in order to get them going." St. Pete Times