It was a sorry end for a sport which, should shareholders reject proposals, may never race again.
Said CART CEO Chris Pook, who now seems certain to have seen his final race in command: “Our diligence in pursuing the continuation of the race was only to ensure that we had exhausted every option available to us.
“CART Champ Car regrets that the event has been cancelled and we offered to explore every possible avenue, including running the event on Monday or Tuesday at Phoenix International Raceway – which is owned by California Speedway’s parent company International Speedway Corporation – or running at the California Speedway track sometime next week, allowing us to run this race in a safe manner and have a proper end to the 2003 season.”
The California wildfires that are currently burning in Southern California have led to the cancellation of the weekend’s King Taco 500 at California Speedway, the race that would have been the final event of the CART season.
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CART – as we know it – has raced for the final time, after it confirmed its season finale in California would not be rescheduled after fires forced its cancellation.
