Jacques Villenueve exhales, hello Barry

Jacques Villenueve lures Green in renewed NASCAR bid



http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/2008-02-20-2862777525_x.htm








Jacques has had a bad winter. With the failure to get into the Daytona 500, his bosses at Bill Davis Racing decided to persue other options after Jacques' sponsor pulled out. But it was Barry Green, his old boss in CART who came through as an actuator and advocate.


Jacques, right, in a Williams BMW in 2006' German GP














Indy Car/Champ Car Merger?



IndyStar.com reported reunification talks happened this past week, portending the combination of the Indy Racing League and their marquee stars like Andretti Green and their driver Danica Patrick with Champ Car stars like Paul Tracy and ex-driver car owner Jimmy Vasser as well as Paul Newman and Carl Haas. What a spectacle to see, but it looks like Houston would lose it's 08 race. BUMMER. I will be racing at Eagle's Canyon raceway in N. Texas that weekend.

Indy Car would essentially consume Champ Car, it's venues and assets, and will add their marquee races such as Long Beach and Surfer's Paradise. '08 scheduling conflicts seem to be the obvious sticking points in negotiations at last report.