Wonder if he's going to try to give them all $25,000 fines?

But seriously, I think Bernard has done a very good job so far, especially considering the limited resources that he apparently has at his disposal. What the owners probably want is another stooge that they can boss around. These guys aren't used to being told what to do. Let's just be honest, whether looking at CART or the IRL, this sport has been headed by complete and total goof balls for many years - which is part of what has so deeply wounded this sport: Andrew Craig, Joe Heitzler, Kevin Kalkhoven, Tony George, et al. None of them were good sports business managers or visionary leaders. And none of the upper echelon owners in Indy Car (as far as I know) have any kind of successful track record in sports business entertainment. Some/most do have a successful track record as team owners or race track owners. But when it comes to taking a series from a position of weakness to a position of growth (not just survival), I wouldn't want ANY of them calling the shots. As with CART, they'll do what's best for themselves first and what's good for the series second - and that's a big part of how we got to the lowly place that we are right now!

IMO, the Hulman-George family should let Bernard know, in no uncertain terms, that his position is safe, and he should then (in tactful way) tell Penske and all the other owners to just shut up and race!!! And if they don't like that, they can go be backmarkers in F1 or NASCAR. No other top series needs or cares about even the biggest Indy Car owners. Best that they stay where they are and try to make things better for all.