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Cutting costs nothing new to IRL

By John Oreovicz
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, February 2, 2009

If there is one constant in every form of racing, it's that teams will spend every penny of their budget -- if not more. So in tough economic times, sanctioning bodies have something of a responsibility to save those teams from themselves. The Indy Racing League certainly recognizes that fact. "The economy will be the big story in sports business [this year]," said IRL founder and CEO Tony George, speaking recently at a motorsports forum sponsored by the Sports Business Daily. "A lot of ...

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