A report by Speed TV's Robin Miller (article here ) Indianpolis Motor Speedway CEO Tony George has apparently been voted off the island. However, according to this story in the Indianapolis Star here, that story is completely untrue.
It's no secret that like any family, the George's and the Hulman's who hold a "Vise-like" grip over the speedway and quite honestly, most of open wheel racing have some issues that need to be worked out. The question here is: Who do you believe?
George (pictured here Courtesy: Gavin Lawerence/Getty Images), who has been running the Speedway since 1990 also, is the President of the Indy Racing League and Hulman and Company, along with running his own racing team on the IRL circuit. Not to say that is a conflict or anything...but.
Most race fans will tell you that the Indy 500 has never been the same since George's power play in the early 90's when it became 2 groups, the IRL and CART. The CART drivers were not allowed to race at Indy for years and...well, when they left, so did a majority of their fans.
We don't know how this will play out or for that matter how much of it is true...it will be interesting to see if for no other reason than the 500 has begun to regain some of its luster, it remains to be seen how long that will hold.
Here is the man himself, Tony George ((Courtesy: WISH-TV))follow the video link here .
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