But don't cry for Champ Car, as they're set to announce a race, next July 1, at Mt. Tremblant. The Canada Day race (in Quebec!) will precede by one week the street-course Grand Prix of Toronto, which will be followed on July 22 by the third annual airport race in Edmonton.
In the Canada.com Champ Car story above, it also included the information that NASCAR's Busch Series announcement - which was planned for today in Montreal - has been put off.
"In fact, Legault and a number of NASCAR heavyweights and at least one driver were tentatively scheduled to hold a downtown news conference this afternoon to formally announce the arrival of the Busch Series stock cars. But that media event was postponed Monday for perhaps a week, even though NASCAR last Friday published a 2007 Busch schedule with an Aug. 4 Montreal date."
Hmmmm. What would make NASCAR cancel/delay its announcement? The mind races.
You don't think that Legault spooked NASCAR by springing this 'IRL on Sunday' thing on them at the last minute, do you? If that's the case - and it's just speculation - I wouldn't imagine that NASCAR would appreciate having its Canadian touring series debut positioned as a 'support class'.
Or maybe they just couldn't get the flights....
I guess we'll find out.
