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by **Dave Henri** » Mon, 25 Nov 2002 17:26:13

the track will be one of possibly 3 Euro road courses run by CART in the
Spring.
From ESPN's RPM website:

It's not official yet, but it looks like Championship Auto Racing Teams is
going to spend next spring in England and Europe running on some hallowed
Formula One ground.

While CEO Chris Pook refused to comment on the subject, ESPN.com has learned
that CART is in final negotiations to run Brands Hatch (England), Spa
(Belgium) and Estoril (Portugal) on consecutive weekends in 2003.

"That would be awesome because all three of those tracks have a lot of
history and CART would put on a good show for them," said Mario Andretti,
the 1978 world champion and Indy-car legend.

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by **Goy Larse** » Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:52:49

> the track will be one of possibly 3 Euro road courses run by CART in the
> Spring.
> From ESPN's RPM website:

> It's not official yet, but it looks like Championship Auto Racing Teams is
> going to spend next spring in England and Europe running on some hallowed
> Formula One ground.

> While CEO Chris Pook refused to comment on the subject, ESPN.com has learned
> that CART is in final negotiations to run Brands Hatch (England), Spa
> (Belgium) and Estoril (Portugal) on consecutive weekends in 2003.

> "That would be awesome because all three of those tracks have a lot of
> history and CART would put on a good show for them," said Mario Andretti,
> the 1978 world champion and Indy-car legend.

***y excellent news, maybe I'll have to take a trip to Belgium this
year...

Beers and cheers
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by **Vintoo** » Mon, 25 Nov 2002 22:12:43

CART? I thought they were ending CART because nobody watched anymore....

Vintook

by **Nick** » Mon, 25 Nov 2002 22:57:28

Shows how stupid you are...

by **Jason Moy** » Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:25:37

>CART? I thought they were ending CART because nobody watched anymore....

You should tell that to the 300,000+ people who attended the races in
Mexico City, Monterey, and Long Beach. CART might have a ***TV deal
but they still fill the stands at many venues, especially in Meixco,
Brazil, etc.

Jason

by **Jason Moy** » Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:27:31

I wish I could be around when Mario is swearing at his son in Italian
over his move to the IRL. =)

Jason

by **Alex 'pez' Porazinsk** » Tue, 26 Nov 2002 01:20:03

michael didnt have much luck at the f1 tracks the first time around ;)

pez

> >"That would be awesome because all three of those tracks have a lot of
> >history and CART would put on a good show for them," said Mario Andretti,
> >the 1978 world champion and Indy-car legend.

> I wish I could be around when Mario is swearing at his son in Italian
> over his move to the IRL. =)

> Jason

by **nobody specia** » Tue, 26 Nov 2002 11:11:22

please oh please let this be true! :-)

by **The Carvalho Famil** » Tue, 26 Nov 2002 15:21:11

I've had no reason to watch CART this season. Looks like I might want to
watch at least a few of the venues next year, however. Hope it happens.
I enjoyed watching the Mexico race and comparing to the GPL version.
Jim

> the track will be one of possibly 3 Euro road courses run by CART in the
>Spring.
>From ESPN's RPM website:

> It's not official yet, but it looks like Championship Auto Racing Teams is
>going to spend next spring in England and Europe running on some hallowed
>Formula One ground.

>While CEO Chris Pook refused to comment on the subject, ESPN.com has learned
>that CART is in final negotiations to run Brands Hatch (England), Spa
>(Belgium) and Estoril (Portugal) on consecutive weekends in 2003.

>"That would be awesome because all three of those tracks have a lot of
>history and CART would put on a good show for them," said Mario Andretti,
>the 1978 world champion and Indy-car legend.

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by **David** » Tue, 26 Nov 2002 18:46:17

> > the track will be one of possibly 3 Euro road courses run by CART in
the
> > Spring.
> > From ESPN's RPM website:

> > It's not official yet, but it looks like Championship Auto Racing Teams
is
> > going to spend next spring in England and Europe running on some
hallowed
> > Formula One ground.

> > While CEO Chris Pook refused to comment on the subject, ESPN.com has
learned
> > that CART is in final negotiations to run Brands Hatch (England), Spa
> > (Belgium) and Estoril (Portugal) on consecutive weekends in 2003.

There is an FIA ruling somewhere that states CART can only race ovals in
Europe. That's why it's latest venture over here required the construction
of Rockingham and Lausitzring.
Maybe this explains the meeting between Mr Ecclestone and Mr Pook, to get
the ruling dropped and allow CART onto road courses?

I hope so,

David C

by **Olav Malmi** » Tue, 26 Nov 2002 20:39:58

> > > the track will be one of possibly 3 Euro road courses run by CART in
> the
> > > Spring.
> > > From ESPN's RPM website:

> > > It's not official yet, but it looks like Championship Auto Racing Teams
> is
> > > going to spend next spring in England and Europe running on some
> hallowed
> > > Formula One ground.

> > > While CEO Chris Pook refused to comment on the subject, ESPN.com has
> learned
> > > that CART is in final negotiations to run Brands Hatch (England), Spa
> > > (Belgium) and Estoril (Portugal) on consecutive weekends in 2003.

> There is an FIA ruling somewhere that states CART can only race ovals in
> Europe. That's why it's latest venture over here required the construction
> of Rockingham and Lausitzring.
> Maybe this explains the meeting between Mr Ecclestone and Mr Pook, to get
> the ruling dropped and allow CART onto road courses?

This ruling was dropped years ago. CART can run wherever they want as
long as it doesn't interfere with the F1 calendar.

--
Olav Malmin
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by **Juan Vizos** » Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:12:49

***tv deal .. you are spot on there! Why oh WHy oh WHY can't they get
themselves a decent tv deal ... in the UK it's even worse than the rallying
coverage at the moment .. even ALMS gets better coverage here. !!
They should Ditch eurosport .. who by the way screened the end
segment of the mexican race twice last week Ijn the same programme !! :-))
.. no one there was watching obviously to spot that we'd just seen all that!
Eurosport .. purveyors of all cheap international sport ... they
dont do CART any favours at all!!

There I've said it!
jv

> >CART? I thought they were ending CART because nobody watched anymore....

> You should tell that to the 300,000+ people who attended the races in
> Mexico City, Monterey, and Long Beach. CART might have a ***TV deal
> but they still fill the stands at many venues, especially in Meixco,
> Brazil, etc.

> Jason

by **Paul Laidla** » Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:36:06

> ***tv deal .. you are spot on there! Why oh WHy oh WHY can't they get
> themselves a decent tv deal ... in the UK it's even worse than the rallying
> coverage at the moment .. even ALMS gets better coverage here. !!

The rallying coverage is excellent (C4), if you can get eurosport doubly so.

I'm not sure anyone else would show it (at a decent hour anyway). They should simply let
eurosport show it live like they used to.

Paul

by **Nick** » Thu, 28 Nov 2002 19:51:01

CART Races are live Sunday nights on Sky Sports... So the TV deal in the UK
is actually pretty amazing.

by **Juan Vizos** » Fri, 29 Nov 2002 13:34:52

:-)) Ok Ok , so they were live on sky sports... actually , as you say , a
pretty good tv deal .. hmmmm .. you know I watched them all too , maybe I
was stuck in a time warp back to last year then, when sky only showed nascar
busch and IRL ......
I was going to share my opinions on eurosport's
previous attempts at 'live ' coverage of CART too, but let's just say a
return to that wouldn't be welcome here chez vizoso :-)) .
so nobody spotted the race broadcast contained two identical
segments ?

> CART Races are live Sunday nights on Sky Sports... So the TV deal in the
UK
> is actually pretty amazing.

> > ***tv deal .. you are spot on there! Why oh WHy oh WHY can't they get
> > themselves a decent tv deal ... in the UK it's even worse than the
> rallying
> > coverage at the moment .. even ALMS gets better coverage here. !!
> > They should Ditch eurosport .. who by the way screened the
end
> > segment of the mexican race twice last week Ijn the same programme !!
:-))
> > .. no one there was watching obviously to spot that we'd just seen all
> that!
> > Eurosport .. purveyors of all cheap international sport ...
they
> > dont do CART any favours at all!!

> > There I've said it!
> > jv

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