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A Bad Taste... ; How CART's Indy Lights series went away.

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| December 10, 2001 | Vettraino, J.P. | COPYRIGHT 2001 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

It was old news by the time it was official. On Sept. 10 CART announced it would consolidate its two primary development series into one, using the Toyota Atlantic Championship chassis, engines and rules. Atlantic as we know it would live; after the 2001 season, Indy Lights was finished. It was just a matter of knowing what date to carve on the Lights headstone.

CART spun things in positive fashion, suggesting the single support series would be more competitive, healthier and more lucrative for race teams. That was in the release distributed to the media. At the same time, CART informed a cluster of Wall Street analysts that it would take an $8.1 million charge ...

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