SYNDICATION HIGHWAY: SCOTT BROTHERS OFFER CART DRAMA SERIES

          "Days of Thunder" director Tony Scott and his brother
     Ridley, owners of Scott Free Productions, have become part
     of a syndicated racing drama series which focuses on the
     Newman-Hass CART team, according to Michael Fleming of DAILY
     VARIETY.  The series, to be presented at the National Assoc.
     of TV Programming Exec Convention (NATPE), is the creation
     of Producer Neil Russell and the production group hopes to
     begin signing domestic and foreign TV deals "shortly."  
     Tony Scott "plans to direct" the pilot episode while Ridley
     is "hoping" to direct "an episode or two."  Russell and
     Scott Free "plan to exploit an alliance" with the Newman-
     Haas team to "provide actual footage as the backdrop for the
     hourlong fictionalized drama."  It would also allow for
     cameos from drivers Michael Andretti and Christian
     Fittipaldi.  Paul Newman could also "appear as himself" from
     "time to time" (DAILY VARIETY, 1/27).