Decisions, Decisions; IRL team owners are scrambling to sign engine deals for 2003.(Indy Racing League, planning for the 2003 season)(Brief Article)

AutoWeek, August, 2002 by Cavin, Curt

With the first of Toyota's new Indy Racing League engines track testing July 22 comes the realization that 2003 is just the throw of a camshaft away. And not surprisingly, teams have begun load-ing up. Toyota has signed series points-leader Team Penske, Kelley Racing and Ganassi Racing as customers.

General Motors has inked defending league champion Panther Racing, 2000 winner Hemelgarn Racing, Blair Racing, A.J. Foyt Enterprises and, as of Sunday's race at Michigan International Speedway, Team Menard. That leaves Honda and the backbone of the soon-to-crumble Infiniti camp, not to mention whatever CART programs switch to Tony George's league, if any. ``There's a lot going on,'' says Eddie Cheever Jr., who owns a multi-car IRL team. ``Some of it still needs to...

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