Penske and Ganassi together? What?

They call it the silly season for a reason, but this rumor is just plain ridiculous. Apparently there is a rumor going around that Ganassi and Penske Racing will merge their teams together into one effort to get a strong Dodge effort in NASCAR going. When Mike Accavitti, director of Dodge Brand and SRT Marketing Communications, was asked Sunday about the rumor. He gave this response: "Absolutely preposterous.That would be like putting the Hatfields and McCoys together."

I was thinking more along the lines of a putting a cat and a dog in a box. Boy, would that be fun!

Is the feud alive? (Sportingnews.com)

Castroneves to NASCAR?

Two-time Indy 500 winner and dancing star Helio Castroneves is considering a move to NASCAR. "I won't deny that I'm thinking about it," Castroneves said Monday night. "It would be great to one day try the [stock] cars. But at this point I'm focusing on Indy cars and winning the Indianapolis 500 again.�

But renewed interest in Indycar Series after the merger between they and Champcar is giving Castroneves second thoughts, but after seeing his fellow open-wheel drivers make the jump, Helio is defiantly not putting stock car racing out of the question. "It depends on the opportunity," Castroneves said. "It's all about the timing and I'm not sure if the timing is right." Castroneves has even better chances to go to NASCAR as his team owner Roger Penske has his own team in NASCAR. Castronveves� fromer teammate Sam Hornish, Jr recently made the jump this year. Castroneves� contract expires at the end of the year, so when asked as whether Castroneves and Penske had talked about stock car racing in 2009. Helio responded, "We're going to talk after Indy."

Indy champ Helio Castroneves ponder move to NASCAR (LA times)