Is that NASCART I See on the Horizon?

Once again, Speed's Ben Blake uses his weekly column to vent some more about the current state of NASCAR. Aside from the idiocy continuing victory lane flap (a "tempest in a pisspot"), he makes some very good points about a possible shift in the balance of power in the series. The days of the one-car independent team are pretty much over, with most of the cars in the Nextel Cup series (and lots in Busch and the trucks) owned by some combination of 6 or 7 owners. At some point, Blake argues, that bunch will realize that they will have the power to stand up to the NASCAR oligarchy and have more say in how the series is run. Sounds an awful lot like the situation in open wheel racing back in the late 1970s that lead to the formation of CART. Of the big owners in NASCAR, two, Roger Penske and Chip Ganassi, have lots of experience with the (failed) CART experiment. I wonder if that will damper their quest for power?