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RAHAL WANTS TO CHANGE THE AIR OF ARROGANCE AROUND CART

          Interim CART President & CEO Bobby Rahal said on
     "Inside CART" there is "certainly a difference in manner and
     style between myself and my predecessor, (former CART CEO
     Andrew Craig)."  In taking over the top post, Rahal said, "I
     think as a company we have to be much more responsive to our
     customers, which are our fans, our sponsors, our promoters -
     - the people that we rely on for our existence" (ESPN2,
     6/27).  Rahal: "As an organization, we're perceived as being
     arrogant, which I don't believe is truly the case.  I view
     the first challenge we've got is the restoration of our
     relationships, restore the damaged ones and grow new ones. 
     We've started the process and we'll continue, whether it's
     Firestone, Philip Morris, ABC or ISC" (INDY STAR, 6/28). 
     Meanwhile, Rahal announced a two-year extension of CART's
     contract with the Portland Rose Festival Association for a
     race at Portland Int'l Raceway (Portland OREGONIAN, 6/26).
          CART'S "BLOODLETTING"? AUTO WEEK's J.P. Vettraino
     reviews CART's recent decision to part ways with Craig at
     the corporate board meeting, and writes that some board
     members "advocated a more profuse flow of blood."  CFO Randy
     Dzierzawski "was also on the block, until the board
     concluded that sending the CFO packing after the CEO,
     without a replacement, might be too much for Wall Street to
     handle."  Vettraino: "It's easy to identify CART's problems. 
     But the fact remains that the company's annual revenue
     tripled during Craig's seven-year tenure as CEO."  But Rahal
     "has the respect of sponsors, manufacturers and drivers, and
     he should assuage jitters among analysts on Wall Street. 
     He's proven his business acumen" (AUTO WEEK, 6/26). 

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