The official announcement will be made on February 10th, but OMEGA will be taking over thetiming and scoring chores for the 1997 CART PPG World Series season.

Here is some background information on OMEGA:
A proven champion of precision since 1848, OMEGA moved quite naturally into sports timing beginning in 1909. In Los Angeles in 1932, the brand was named official timekeeper of all Olympic Games disciplines for the very first time. A privilege OMEGA has held twenty-one times over the course of this century. In 1952, OMEGA itself stepped onto the winners' podium to receive the Olympic Cross of Merit "for outstanding service to the world of sports". An award for the unfailing reliability of OMEGA timekeeping and its numerous innovations, like the first 1/1000 of a second Photofinish camera, the world's first electronic timing and the Omegascope's elapsed race time superimposed on the TV screen. OMEGA is also the inventor of the giant video matrix scoreboards installed in the most modern sports stadiums around the world.

And now, OMEGA joins CART Indy car racing in 1997!

OMEGA also is a sponsor on Michael Schumacher's Formula 1 car. For more information on OMEGA Sports Timing and Scoring check out the OMEGA Sports Timing and Sponsorhip page.

EDS leaves CART after providing timing and scoring since 1991.