Is death of sprint car racing on the horizon?

Is death of sprint car racing on the horizon?

"Sprint Car Death?

CNHI News Service

Norman, Okla.— By Brian Sargent
Transcript Sports Writer

The deathblow to North American open-wheel racing came in September 1994. That's when Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Tony George led a group that broke away from Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) and founded the Indy Racing League (IRL).The reasons for this split, which was no doubt discordant, are many and varied.

Here's the CliffsNotes version: CART shifted its emphasis more toward a European-type series, which essentially made it an invitational series, being run to a great extent by wealthy playboys and heirs. Smaller teams charged that their interests weren't being considered by CART."