OCTOBER 13, 2001
Honda pulls out of CART
The announcement may spell the beginning of the end of CART as many of the teams have been considering a switch to the rival Indy Racing League. IRL does not race on road circuits and if CART does fade away there would be several important road race venues in the United States that would be up for grabs for F1, notably Long Beach, Laguna Seca and Road America.