Putting Horsepower Before the CART

Regarding Mr. Kowalchuk’s commentary on A.J. Foyt’s driver, Kenny Brack, winning the Indy 500 [Viewpoint, June 5], I offer these thoughts:

Presumably the superior drivers and technology he refers to reside in CART. The 27 entrants in the CART race at St. Louis included only 12 drivers who have competed at Indy and only one former winner, who did not qualify for the race the last time he was there. The 1998 CART champion was busy May 30 in Barcelona, finishing 20th in a field of 22 Formula One cars.

I don’t recall seeing any empty seats during the Indy 500 telecast. I guess there are a few people, 400,000 plus, that think something interesting was going on there.

ANDY MICHAELS, Brea