The Last Days of Chris Pook; As his time winds down, he is the center of controversy.(News)(CART CEO)

Byline: J.P. VETTRAINO With 200,000-PLUS Spectators and CART's largest grid this season, Mexico City was alive. Trouble was, the excitement couldn't shroud the preliminary proxy statement filed less than a week before in advance of CART's proposed sale to Open Wheel Racing Series LLC. The precipitous financial decline described therein seems more painful when it is spelled out in black and white (page 41).

The woe in the proxy statement might ultimately be blamed on Christopher R. Pook, the CEO given carte blanche 22 months ago after he was hired by CART's directors. In Mexico, ...

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