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PRUETT: Chevy IndyCar True Or False
Want to play the Chevy IndyCar True or False game? Cozy up to your monitor and let's get started.
Can all the speculation about Chevy's possible return to open-wheel racing be written off as nothing more than a bunch of wild rumors that made their way into a blog? (LAT)
BEWARE: A Few Facts and Lots of Rampant Speculation Ahead.
After eight hours of calls on the topic since Sunday, I’ve come across a lot of rumors, conspiracy theories and possibly the truth about General Motor's interest in returning to open-wheel racing.
For the sake of documenting the wide range of results my conversations have returned, I'm proud (more like slightly amused) to present the full gamut of speculation I've come across.
Grab a Sharpie, snuggle up to the screen and circle what you believe to be the correct answers to the questions below:
1) True or False: Target Chip Ganassi Racing is involved with GM’s 2012 IndyCar ambitions.
2) True or False: GM has 2012 IndyCar ambitions.
3) True or False: GM will make an announcement about their future racing plans this week, but is it unknown whether it pertains to open-wheel or sports cars.
4) True or False: Peter De Lorenzo hit the proverbial nail on the head on his AutoExtremist.com blog with his scoop about Chevrolet’s return to IndyCar racing for 2012.
5) True or False: Mark Kent, GM’s road racing boss, said, “I can’t comment on that at this point,” when asked about a pending IndyCar engine announcement.
6) True or False: GM will make an IndyCar announcement this Friday as De Lorenzo suggested.
7) True or False: Honda and Ilmor made frequent trips to Indianapolis over the past few months.
8) True or False: The American Le Mans Series said it has nothing on its immediate calendar related to a GM or Chevy announcement.
9) True or False: The 2012 IndyCar engine information leaked to De Lorenzo was nothing more than a “test balloon” flown by GM to gauge public interest.
10) True or False: GM will announce a twin-turbo V6 Cadillac engine rather than a Chevy engine of the same architecture, with its capacity altered as needed to be used in open-wheel and sports car racing.
11) True or False: Roger Penske organized the meeting between GM and the Series as a part of a bigger plan to revive his beloved Detroit Grand Prix IndyCar race.
12) True or False: FIAT, through their Ferrari brand, is closer to building a 2012 IndyCar engine than GM.
13) True or False: A wealthy former open-wheel entrant will announce his return to Indy car racing on the same day and at the same time as the Chevy press conference.
14) True or False: One of the directors of Ilmor Engineering—Chevrolet’s original Indy Car engine partner and the designer/builder of the current Honda IndyCar engine—refused to talk about the 2012 Chevy IndyCar engine topic when asked to comment.
15) True or False: An IndyCar team owner recently said, “You will see an announcement on a new engine for 2012” to a small audience.
16) True or False: The use of a spec ECU has been a point of contention for potential 2012 IndyCar engine builders.
17) True or False: Ford is rushing to beat Chevy to the punch by making a 2012 IndyCar engine announcement of their own.
18) True or False: The GRAND-AM Rolex Series said it has nothing on its immediate calendar related to a GM or Chevy announcement.
19) True or False: Team Penske, not Target Chip Ganassi Racing, will partner with GM on the IndyCar engine program.
20) True or False: GM will make an announcement next Monday, not this Friday.
21) True or False: Randy Bernard was being honest last Sunday when he said, "We continue to be in talks with various manufacturers regarding involvement in our future engine and chassis program but we do not have any signed contracts other than Honda for 2012."
22) True or False: GM will build aero kits, not engines, for 2012.
23) True or False: Billionaire NBA team owner Mark Cuban will purchase an existing IndyCar team as part of a partnership with Team Penske and will use Chevy engines in 2012.
24) True or False: Chip Ganassi unexpectedly learned about his supposed IndyCar alliance with GM while casually browsing AutoExtremist.com last Sunday.
25) True or False: A media alert will be sent out on Wednesday regarding an IndyCar announcement.
26) True or False: Engine manufacturers will not be permitted to sign exclusive engine partnership deals with individual IndyCar teams.
27) True or False: Cosworth is close to announcing the production of their own 2012 IndyCar engine.
28) True or False: Peter De Lorenzo will be credited for breaking a major 2012 IndyCar story.
29) True or False: Peter De Lorenzo will be remembered for filling this week with little more than false IndyCar information.
30) True or False: The real answer as to whether GM is returning to IndyCar racing is hidden within all of the salacious speculation you've just finished reading.
As for the answers to the 30 questions...you'll find out in a few hours.
Or on Friday.
Or possibly on Monday.
Or maybe not at all...
Marshall Pruett is SPEED.com’s Auto Racing Editor and also covers IndyCar and sports car racing for the site. Pruett grew up at ‘Pruett's Olde English Garage,’ his father's shelter for abused foreign cars, and spent his childhood being dragged across the West Coast to help with his dad's amateur racing exploits.
Pruett spent 20 years working in the IRL, CART, IMSA, and most of the known open-wheel feeder series before retiring from active duty in 2001. And in case you were wondering, he isn’t related to Scott Pruett.
Marshall lives in Northern California with his wife Shabral, and can be e-mailed and you can also harass him on Twitter .
The opinions reflected herein are solely those of the above commentator and are not necessarily those of SPEED.com, FOX, NewsCorp, or SPEED
After eight hours of calls on the topic since Sunday, I’ve come across a lot of rumors, conspiracy theories and possibly the truth about General Motor's interest in returning to open-wheel racing.
For the sake of documenting the wide range of results my conversations have returned, I'm proud (more like slightly amused) to present the full gamut of speculation I've come across.
Grab a Sharpie, snuggle up to the screen and circle what you believe to be the correct answers to the questions below:
1) True or False: Target Chip Ganassi Racing is involved with GM’s 2012 IndyCar ambitions.
2) True or False: GM has 2012 IndyCar ambitions.
3) True or False: GM will make an announcement about their future racing plans this week, but is it unknown whether it pertains to open-wheel or sports cars.
4) True or False: Peter De Lorenzo hit the proverbial nail on the head on his AutoExtremist.com blog with his scoop about Chevrolet’s return to IndyCar racing for 2012.
5) True or False: Mark Kent, GM’s road racing boss, said, “I can’t comment on that at this point,” when asked about a pending IndyCar engine announcement.
6) True or False: GM will make an IndyCar announcement this Friday as De Lorenzo suggested.
7) True or False: Honda and Ilmor made frequent trips to Indianapolis over the past few months.
8) True or False: The American Le Mans Series said it has nothing on its immediate calendar related to a GM or Chevy announcement.
9) True or False: The 2012 IndyCar engine information leaked to De Lorenzo was nothing more than a “test balloon” flown by GM to gauge public interest.
10) True or False: GM will announce a twin-turbo V6 Cadillac engine rather than a Chevy engine of the same architecture, with its capacity altered as needed to be used in open-wheel and sports car racing.
11) True or False: Roger Penske organized the meeting between GM and the Series as a part of a bigger plan to revive his beloved Detroit Grand Prix IndyCar race.
12) True or False: FIAT, through their Ferrari brand, is closer to building a 2012 IndyCar engine than GM.
13) True or False: A wealthy former open-wheel entrant will announce his return to Indy car racing on the same day and at the same time as the Chevy press conference.
14) True or False: One of the directors of Ilmor Engineering—Chevrolet’s original Indy Car engine partner and the designer/builder of the current Honda IndyCar engine—refused to talk about the 2012 Chevy IndyCar engine topic when asked to comment.
15) True or False: An IndyCar team owner recently said, “You will see an announcement on a new engine for 2012” to a small audience.
16) True or False: The use of a spec ECU has been a point of contention for potential 2012 IndyCar engine builders.
17) True or False: Ford is rushing to beat Chevy to the punch by making a 2012 IndyCar engine announcement of their own.
18) True or False: The GRAND-AM Rolex Series said it has nothing on its immediate calendar related to a GM or Chevy announcement.
19) True or False: Team Penske, not Target Chip Ganassi Racing, will partner with GM on the IndyCar engine program.
20) True or False: GM will make an announcement next Monday, not this Friday.
21) True or False: Randy Bernard was being honest last Sunday when he said, "We continue to be in talks with various manufacturers regarding involvement in our future engine and chassis program but we do not have any signed contracts other than Honda for 2012."
22) True or False: GM will build aero kits, not engines, for 2012.
23) True or False: Billionaire NBA team owner Mark Cuban will purchase an existing IndyCar team as part of a partnership with Team Penske and will use Chevy engines in 2012.
24) True or False: Chip Ganassi unexpectedly learned about his supposed IndyCar alliance with GM while casually browsing AutoExtremist.com last Sunday.
25) True or False: A media alert will be sent out on Wednesday regarding an IndyCar announcement.
26) True or False: Engine manufacturers will not be permitted to sign exclusive engine partnership deals with individual IndyCar teams.
27) True or False: Cosworth is close to announcing the production of their own 2012 IndyCar engine.
28) True or False: Peter De Lorenzo will be credited for breaking a major 2012 IndyCar story.
29) True or False: Peter De Lorenzo will be remembered for filling this week with little more than false IndyCar information.
30) True or False: The real answer as to whether GM is returning to IndyCar racing is hidden within all of the salacious speculation you've just finished reading.
As for the answers to the 30 questions...you'll find out in a few hours.
Or on Friday.
Or possibly on Monday.
Or maybe not at all...
Marshall Pruett is SPEED.com’s Auto Racing Editor and also covers IndyCar and sports car racing for the site. Pruett grew up at ‘Pruett's Olde English Garage,’ his father's shelter for abused foreign cars, and spent his childhood being dragged across the West Coast to help with his dad's amateur racing exploits.
Pruett spent 20 years working in the IRL, CART, IMSA, and most of the known open-wheel feeder series before retiring from active duty in 2001. And in case you were wondering, he isn’t related to Scott Pruett.
Marshall lives in Northern California with his wife Shabral, and can be e-mailed and you can also harass him on Twitter .
The opinions reflected herein are solely those of the above commentator and are not necessarily those of SPEED.com, FOX, NewsCorp, or SPEED
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