WILL IRL BE DOING CART-WHEELS SOON? GEORGE HINTS AT REUNION

          IMS President/IRL Founder Tony George said that the IRL
     and CART need to "get together in some form in the future,"
     according to Bill Koenig of the INDIANAPOLIS STAR-NEWS.  The
     "conciliatory tone" came after George attended his first
     CART event in four years this past weekend as the guest of
     NASCAR President Bill France, Jr. at the Miami Grand Prix. 
     Answering a question at the Indianapolis Rotary Club, George
     said that though "some dialogue has taken place" between the
     two series, merging the two is "not easy.  There are so many
     complicated issues that have to be addressed."  George added
     that CART's "structure as a publicly traded company would
     have to be taken into account," though he "didn't
     elaborate."  George, on a merger: "Certainly we're committed
     to that process in the future" (INDY STAR-NEWS, 3/24).