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

Robin Miller: Rick: You're right, it's typical corporate double-talk. CART needs to go to Watkins Glen and return to Michigan but, right now, I don't see either happening. Maybe Las Vegas, pending the outcome of the lawsuit with Bruton Smith.

Robin Miller: Todd: First off, thanks for your support, hopefully we can institute this next year on a weekly basis. As for Gordo, bless his heart, that boy needs parental supervision and a strong force to lead his life. He's got the talent, just no discipline. Foyt told me Childress was going to hire him for the No. 31 car and I guess that's good but like I told Robby, he's an open wheel guy, screw those tin-top dive bombers. But I don't think anybody in CART feels like Gordon wants to run champ cars anymore. Just Indy.

Robin Miller: Derek: Haven't heard of any IRL teams securing any major deals, but Miller will be back at Indy with Team Rahal (and probably Shell), along with Newman/Haas and Barry Green's other team. Corporate America has yet to embrace the IRL -- other than the Indy 500.

Robin Miller: Dave: I asked him if he'd be running Casey Mears and Marlboro sponsorship in the IRL next year and he said no, he was concentrating on Indianapolis. That was three months ago and Mears still claims he knows nothing about a deal with RP in the IRL full-time.

Robin Miller: Kate: Very good observation. First off, the IRL is a feeder system for CART or NASCAR, so why would it need a feeder system? Secondly, half of the current IRL teams don't have enough money to run in the IRL, let alone another series. Where are the teams coming from? If you had $800,000 you could run Indy instead of some half-assed, six-race series that nobody knows about. There are too many tracks and too many series, absolutely.

Robin Miller: Bob: ABC and ESPN went with the big dog (Indy), because it's the only open-wheel race with any decent ratings anymore and CART did well to get CBS for seven shows and SpeedVision, considering its ratings. Nobody watches IRL or CART races, but Indy is still a big enough jewel that it made ABC's choice easy. Tony George didn't pay as much money at the top of this year's purse as he did the year before, but it still hurt the IRL, no doubt. But as long as he keeps spending money to keep teams going, the IRL will stay alive. CART didn't get much money from Michigan and the loss there is the competition -- not financial.

Robin Miller: Patrick: Toyota getting into F1 and moving into the IRL likely killed any possibility of getting into NASCAR. Red Bull needs to talk to Buddy Rice or Patrick Long and take them along if it wants an F1 effort. I had heard that Rice might have Red Bull for CART next year, but he says no.

Robin Miller: Rick: That would be some pretty depressing reading, I'd much rather write a book about all the great drivers and characters and races I've been fortunate enough to be around the past 35 years. That would be a good read, except I'd probably have to go into the Witness Protection Program because I would have to write the truth and that never sets well with some people. I've always admired Brock's writing ability, but he might be more suited to write the history of sports car racing in this country.

Robin Miller: Steve: I always wondered about that but most people don't ever think something like that can happen to them. It might have made some people stay away but the lack of promotion, the fact CART no longer runs at Indy (everyone) and the ticket prices with no support race on race morning might be the largest factors. What a shame. The last four years have been the best 500-mile races of all-time, in terms of wheel-to-wheel action and passing.

Robin Miller: Rich: I admire KB a lot and he's a helluva competitor, but I think he should have been fined. You have to have the same law for everyone and he drove like a madman at Vancouver. But I don't think it was pressure, just being aggressive on a place that's impossible to pass, for the most part. Thanks for your support.

Robin Miller: Robin: Most drivers in CART make a hefty retainer ($1 million to $8 million is the range, with Michael Andretti at the top) and it's a good thing because CART's purses suck. That's bad news for the mechanics because their percentages come off the purses. I think the veteran team managers make between $150,000 and $500,000, while a good mechanic pulls down $65,000 to $80,000. I love Michigan for the competition, Milwaukee for the tradition, Elkhart Lake for the exhilarating road course, Long Beach for the atmosphere and Vancouver for all the beautiful Oriental women.

Robin Miller: Greg: Good question. Milwaukee only seats 45,000, so it can't possibly pay what Germany or Long Beach or Fontana pays. Laguna has the capacity for huge crowds, but attendance has fallen way off there in the past few years because, frankly, champ cars have outgrown that track. Drop Laguna and go to Watkins Glen.

Robin Miller: Mark: Stew is a good guy, honest, he just happens to be his own worst enemy at the track. I tell his dad (Nelson) that he should have spanked him more as a kid and, you're right, there's no excuse for some of his behavior. He's a great driver and a great winner, but he needs to grow up and act like a professional in certain situations. He gets mad at us sometimes, saying we throw him under the bus, but I only do it when he deserves it. Like when NASCAR black-flagged him at Daytona for actually trying to win the race, instead of following the script, I thought he had every right to go crazy and get in Gary Nelson's face. That was crap. But so was his refusal to talk after the Brickyard.

Robin Miller: Frank: I've begged Ganassi to hire him for his champ car -- not his stock car -- but I haven't made much progress yet. I still think Chip is going after him to drive his Cup car and at Indy (for the rest of his life), but I'm not sure Stew would want to race in CART. I know this, he could handle it and it would be great for open wheel racing.

Robin Miller: Steve: Team Rahal, Newman-Haas and Barry Green (Tracy) for sure, with PacWest and Patrick considering it. Add them with Ganassi, Penske and Motorola, you'll have a dozen CART regulars. Not the old Indy 500, but definitely progress.

Robin Miller: Jeff: That's a rumor that Ray didn't exactly deny when I asked him but Penske never comments on those things. It would surprise me, unless RP has another sponsor waiting in the wings, which certainly is a possibility. I asked him if Marl,boro would be on an IRL car full-time in 2002 and he said no. But that was at Cleveland. Maybe PacWest and Patrick to go with those other teams.

Robin Miller: William: She's lost all her confidence and misses her engineer from last year. She needs to be running Toyota Atlantics for a year or so, but she got thrown into Indy cars because the IRL needed some heroes. She's got the ability, she just needs miles and some TLC.

Robin Miller: John: I certainly think Memo deserves to stay with Chip, but I doubt if it happens. Morris Nunn and Bobby Rahal are also possibilities. Casey said a couple of weeks ago he was working with Walker for 2002 but nothing to report just yet. Thanks.

Robin Miller: Bob: Yes, they just made it official. Toyota Atlantic will be the lone support series. If I new the answer to your second question, I'd be doing that Tarot Card commercial. I have no idea and, sadly, I'm not sure CART does either.

Robin Miller: Dave: Damn good, according to Bobby Rahal, who's watched him race and who wanted to give Long a ride in the Jaguar Formula 3 car. Long is tough, leading the ultra-competitive Euro Formula Ford series and only 19. Paul Edwards has also been running well in Europe the past few years, while Alex Gurney and John Jones are also trying to break through. Derek Hill (Phil's son) is in F3000, but struggling.