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Indy Lights may indeed go away next year, but it is far from official. The letter you refer to was actually from a high level Toyota executive to Bobby Rahal (who, by the way, is no longer the CART CEO) suggesting that Toyota Atlantic become the sole support series for CART.
There has been nothing in the way of an official announcement. If Indy Lights disappears, it will be CART's own fault. CART paid 11 million dollars to purchase the Lights series in 1997 and then promptly neglected it like a red-headed step child. The Lights series was, for CART, nothing more than a source of revenue to pay share holder dividends with. The lack of a desperatly needed new chassis has angered many team owners and the field has now shrunk to less than 12 entries.
Great way to p*ss away 11 million bucks.
Last edited by SevenGrain; 6 Jun 2001 at 02:10.
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