...and it doesn't involve returning to CCWS. Instead, TCGR has signed Dan Wheldon for 2006. He will be part of a 2-car team with Scott Dixon. TCGR also has signed with Honda. My assumption is that the Honda deal was contingent on Ganassi signing Wheldon or a similar high-profile driver. You can be certain that Wheldon will be handsomely rewarded for his services in 2006 and beyond.
It seems that Wheldon was unwilling to sign on to a F1 testing deal with BMW for 2006, since there was no guarantee that he would ever be promoted to a race seat.
With the departure of Toyota from the IRL (not yet official, but they have already lost all of their competitive teams), Ryan Briscoe became expendable, and he is probably trying to get a seat with a Champ Car team (with the latest rumour being that Timo Glock and his DHL Germany backing are heading back to Europe and the GP2 series for 2006, a possible seat opens at Rocketsports).