TEAM money cut from Conquest and Coyne
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“Our fans want credibility and they ridicule a couple of our drivers for not being good enough so if those people are still going to try and compete, IndyCar is not going to pay for them,” said Bernard, who singled out Milka Duno in the owner’s meeting last week as he informed his paddock of the TEAM change.
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...ding-for-2011/
The TEAM fund was especially set-up for the smaller teams, and now they get cut from it. This could potentially damage the Conquest and Coyne second operations. That would mean two less cars.
Also it doesn't stop from running Francesco Dracone and Milka Duno next year. Actually it encourages it, because now the little teams have no incentive to put talented, but not so rich, drivers in. Alex Loyd could only compete this year because the team had Milka. That construction will be 1.3 million more expensive next year.