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The surviving owners from Champ Car ... received an email from IRL president of competition Brian Barnhart on Tuesday requesting a payment of $100,000 per car.
The teams were given the option of having that money taken out of their next TEAM check (all teams who run the full schedule are given $1.2 million per car by the league) or possibly working out a payment plan.
If IndyCar doesn't have its money by Jan. 14, the cars could be repossessed.
"We had a free car in '08 and we got an extension for this year so I've been expecting this for some time and I have no complaint with it, it's fair," said Bachelart, whose Conquest Racing team has competed in seven races this year and intends to contest the final two at Japan and Homestead.
"My understanding is that we will own the cars so that means we can run the next two years for $50,000 a car and that is more than reasonable."
IndyCar Series drivers (who raced for the former ChampCar World Series) Will Power and Nelson Philippe were hospitalized after being involved in a three-car inc
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Ex-Champ Car drivers accustomed to curvier road courses struggled after '08 merger with IndyCar. This year, with a better mix of road layouts and traditional Indy ovals, they should be more competitive.