Champ Car teams will not be at this year's Indianapolis 500, but it won't be for lack of trying.
Series co-owner Kevin Kalkhoven tells SpeedTV.com that he made a proposal to Indianapolis Motor Speedway boss Tony George earlier this year which would have seen the top Champ Car teams take part in the annual May race.
"I told Tony that if he gives us free Honda engines, we'd buy the chassis and bring four or five drivers to Indianapolis," said Kalkhoven. "I never heard back from him, so I guess it's too late now."
George, who also runs the rival Indy Racing League, acknowledges that the two spoke briefly in February but says his impression of the offer was that it was more of a suggestion rather than a concrete proposal.
"He offered, hypothetically and potentially, that it might be interesting to run 6-8 of the Champ Car teams and drivers in the 500 - which of course it would be," said Geroge.
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