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IN A SURPRISE, GOODYEAR OPTS OUT OF CART AND IRL DEALS

          OH-based Goodyear will not return as a race-tire
     supplier to CART and the IRL, as the company said that it is
     instead choosing to focus on its efforts in other forms of
     auto racing, including NASCAR and the NHRA (Goodyear). In
     IN, Robin Miller writes that it has been "speculated all
     season that Goodyear would drop CART but remain in the IRL."
     Goodyear, which has had a "36-year run in Indy cars," has
     been "dominated in CART and held its own in the IRL," since
     Bridgestone/Firestone "re-entered champ car racing" in '95. 
     IRL team owner A.J. Foyt said yesterday: "I would be very
     surprised if Goodyear got out of the IRL.  We've got tests
     scheduled next month at DisneyWorld and I've got a multiyear
     deal with them."  Firestone Dir of Motorsports Al Speyer:
     "CART doesn't surprise me because we've been seeing so many
     indirect signs all year, like watching [TV] advertising go
     away. ... But the IRL is a shock because Goodyear has about
     half the teams, they won Indy two straight years, and they
     almost won this year's title" (INDY STAR-NEWS, 10/26).

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