CART'S PATH OPENS IN MIAMI; GOSSIP ON PENSKE GOING TO INDY

          CART opens its season on Sunday with the Marlboro Grand
     Prix of Miami.  In L.A., Shav Glick writes the "cast of
     characters is pretty much the same, the enthusiasm is high
     and all indications point to a prosperous and successful
     racing season" (L.A. TIMES, 2/28).  In Chicago, Skip
     Myslenski notes the "rumor" that CART's Roger Penske and Al
     Unser have "discussed the possibility" of running in the
     IRL's Indy 500.  Unser: "The comment Roger was making to me
     was he wants to build his own car and engine and I think if
     he builds them to specifications, the IRL should let him
     run."  Myslenski writes that Penske and IRL CEO Tony George
     "haven't even begun discussing" a possible return to Indy,
     but that a Penske "defection" from CART to Indy "would have
     some trickle down effects" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 2/28).