Check out what questions RPM.ESPN.com users had for Robin Miller -- and Robin's answers:

Robin Miller: Treadway Racing is no longer in business, or so I'm told, and Luyendyk knows he's got a helluva lot better shot at success with Nunn's effort.

Robin Miller: Can't predict since I haven't seen the contract. All I know is I asked Tomas last July what his plans were for 2003 and he said he was a free agent. But in this day and age I think any contract can be broken and Scheckter may have a pretty solid complaint about a safety issue in what turned out to be his final race in 2002.

Robin Miller: Tag is hoping to be with Newman-Haas, but may end up with Paul Gentilozzi's new team. Player's is paying Tag's salary for 2003.

Robin Miller: Despite losing Coors as a sponsor, Ron Hemelgarn claims he'll have a car for Lazier. Have not seen the new Dallara or G-Forces but that Falcon is a zoomy looking piece. Trouble is, I don't know who they can get to run one of them unless they give it away. Lola had that same problem a few years ago. Thanks for watching and reading.

Robin Miller: The premise of my column was that all of those guys (Kinser, Hornish, da Matta and Kurt Busch) had better stats than Stew and the Driver of the Year should be dominant, which Stew was not. He's a phenomenal racer and one of the best in the world who could probably drive rally cars if he tried. But I think even he would agree he's had much better seasons in NASCAR. No argument that NASCAR is a much tougher grind but CART still presents the toughest challenge for a driver's ability. Stew was the champion of this country's most popular form of racing but I don't think he was Driver of the Year.

Robin Miller: First off, thanks for the kind words (your check is in the mail). As for CART, the one saving grace it's had through these last two years of turmoil is its crowds in Canada, Mexico, Australia and Long Beach. Obviously, most of those are street races and, to be honest, attendance at Laguna Seca and Mid-Ohio was woeful this year. Elkhart Lake was decent and Cleveland was full but only had 25,000 seats. Fontana was lame (maybe 55,000) -- unless you compare it to the IRL's race there -- and Chicago was embarrassing (less than 10,000). CART won't have the depth of talent its had the past decade in 2003, nor the 25-27 cars it needs, but it should continue to draw at its street shows and maybe those three F1 tracks (Brands Hatch, Spa, Estoril). The IRL draws well at Texas (both races) and it's hard to say the exact numbers at Kentucky, Nashville, Kansas City because all the NASCAR season tickets are counted. The IRL's first race at Michigan drew about what CART did in 2001, but Phoenix has never recovered its crowd since the split. Naturally, one strong series is the answer to restoring open wheel attendance. But don't hold your breath.

Robin Miller: Whoa, so much in such a short paragraph. First off, I've spent a good portion of the last two years bashing CART, on TV and ESPN.com, for its greedy, stupid, self-serving, arrogant behavior. Other than the sham known as last year's Indy 500, the IRL escaped 2002 without much criticism from me or anybody else who reports on open wheel. There is no doubt the IRL will feature plenty of talent and good rivalries in 2003, while CART will be reloading (hopefully with some young Toyota Atlantic drivers). Just about everyone who has driven CART and IRL agrees the IRL cars are much easier to drive because they have less horsepower and a lot more downforce than a CART Champ car. Yes, CART's new cars will pretty much be a spec series but they will have 750 horsepower. Indy cars shouldn't have less horsepower than a World of Outlaw sprinter. Having said that, the IRL staged much more exciting races/finishes than CART, NASCAR or F1 last season and their races make a much better TV show than any of those other three (although nobody watches IRL or CART, check the ratings). I think you'll find there is a pretty distinct difference from road courses and street circuits as far as precision goes but da Matta was also strong at Fontana before he blew up. Obviously, CART needs a half dozen ovals to keep that diversified balance. I think what you may be saying is that with Toyota, Honda, Penske, Ganassi, Rahal, Nunn, all those evil road racers, a handful of Brazilians and a race in Japan, the IRL is starting to look a lot like CART three years ago. So I guess that was Tony's vision, yes?

Robin Miller: To quote my pal A.J. Foyt, "I was sabotaged" with some bad information. Some of the new IRL owners were told that road racing was in the future so maybe it's 2004 instead of 2003 but it's still not too late to add a race or two. Heck, CART's schedule changes every week. But the new IRL cars are equipped to road race so it's only a matter of time.

Robin Miller: CART wants to run on CBS at least six to eight times in 2003 and FOX a couple but, obviously, they will be time buys that cost a lot of money. Speed is coming back and hoping to get to 50 million homes by 2003. Speed plans to continue its practice/qualifying/Friday night coverage and, obviously, the objective is to reach more people, which FOX promises to do. More shows? Hard to say but I hear there's a possible open-wheel show in the works.

Robin Miller: Are you related to Chris Pook? Just kidding. I think 20 cars would be an over-achievement at this time. A lot depends on Morris Nunn (one, two or no cars?), Stefan Johansson (one or two?), Pat Patrick (one or two?), Bobby Rahal (one or two?), Dale Coyne (one or two?) and whether some F1 or F3000 teams actually pony up and come over here. But there will be 18 because that's what many of the contracts demand. Thanks.

Robin Miller: Larry Dixon could have easily been Driver of the Year as well, based on his season, and I should have included him in that commentary. Force is deserving, as well, but the point of that story was defining what Driver of the Year really is and what the parameters should be. Thanks.

Robin Miller: Her F1 appearance was certainly that and the IRL does seem to be a dichotomy in that it's always promoting Sarah but can't find the money to make sure she's in a car. They gave her the most popular driver award last year before the IRL opener at Homestead -- which she watched. Sarah needed some seasoning in Atlantics but the IRL needed an immediate PR tool so she got thrown into the deep end. She's got talent and nerves but she still needs a lot of laps and nurturing.

Robin Miller: All the way from Finland, that's cool. I broke the story on ESPN a few weeks ago that CART was headed to Brands Hatch, Spa and Estoril and I think all three are still a go for late April and early May. Obviously, Bernie and Chris are working together because that's the only way it could happen. I wrote four years ago that CART needed to hire Pook and, had they, Honda and Toyota would still be around. He's got a lot of problems to solve but he does understand how the game is played and the product. He just needs to make sure he gets some young American road racers in the lineup because, other than Tracy, CART has no recognizable names and needs to cultivate some new ones. I'd rather see Rocky Moran or Memo Gidley or Alex Barron instead of McNish or Magnussen. Thanks for your note and tell Mika Hakkinen hello.

Robin Miller: I'd say you've gone above and beyond. We all know CART won't have the depth and talent it's maintained for more than a decade but it does have the opportunity to reload with Alex Gurney, Memo Gidley, Joey Hand, Alex Barron, Rocky Moran Jr., Ryan Hunter-Reay, Jon Fogarty and, in a couple years, Danica Patrick and A.J. Allmendinger. The question remains: will the owners give these kids a chance?

Robin Miller: The only way somebody like Bruno Junqueira can compete at Indy next year will be as a second-weekend qualifier because I think he'll be racing CART in Europe in late April and the first two weekends in May. I think he's about the only CART guy even considering that because everyone else (like Rahal or Mo Nunn) will have separate IRL efforts. As for Jacques and Helio, I think you've got a better shot at seeing Helio get an F1 chance, although not if he stays in the IRL much longer.

Robin Miller: Rahal will run an IRL program with Brack and engineer Don Halliday (they won four CART races together in 2001). Read my answer above about Indy/May. Haven't heard anything from the IRL about gasoline but I'm told CART would make the switch because companies like Shell might jump back into sponsorship. Gas is evidently much more marketable than oil at this moment. And, obviously, some sort of alignment with Bernie Ecclestone would be another reason.