CART Auto Racing

Only one-third of CART races in 2002 will be on a television network available to most US households. I'll be left out. How about you? Nevermind. CART says the situation will get better. Later.

Chris Pook, the Englishman who made the Long Beach Gran Prix CART's showcase venue, was elected president of the troubled open wheel racing series.

There's no new CART CEO, the engine package is still up in the air, teams are having trouble finding sponsors to field two cars, but all the iffy news pales in comparison to word that Alex Zanardi has progressed far enough in his rehabilitation to stand on his two new feet. ...

The long-anticipated announcement that Team Penske will move from CART to the IRL came last week. Here's a few thoughts, and some reactions from around the 'Net.

We can't race, so let's talk about racing. CART apparently is still in the doldrums, with rumors of a revolution at HQ, with teams looking for sponsors, and drivers looking for rides.

Let's page through the rumors and gossip and think about who's going to run in the CART/FedEx Series in 2002.

Racing may be over for 2001, bur rumors continue to buzz around the CART circuit.

The CART season seems to have ended with the proverbial whimper rather than a bang, but there is some good news -- FedEx has renewed its contract as primary series sponsor.

Cristiano da Matta pulls a win out of the hat for Newman-Haas Racing at the season wind-up on the Fontana oval in California. It was a confusing race to mark the end of a confusing season for the USA's premier open wheel racing series.

You'd probably get an argument out of Team Penske driver Gil de Ferran, who picked up the series championship by finishing fourth, but the CART race at Surfer's Paradise wasn't the most exciting of the season. No surprise, really. We've come to expect that from temporary street courses.