Canadian race shuffle: NASCAR comes to Montreal, CART moves to Tremblant
Filed under: Motorsports
To battle its image as a form of motorsport exclusive to the South, NASCAR is going North - to Canada: “the True North, Strong and Free” (at least that”s how the anthem goes). So with F1 drivers coming to NASCAR, NASCAR is going to an F1 track: it”s been confirmed that next season”s Busch Series schedule will include a race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, home of the Canadian Grand Prix.
In past years the track has hosted both F1 and Champ Car races each season. After securing exclusive rights to the track from Montreal city hall in June, Canadian Grand Prix promoter Normand Legault began moving on plans to bring stock car racing to Montreal. As an extra bonus, the weekend will also feature a Grand-Am race.
The Champ Car race, meanwhile, will move even farther north to the legendary track by the slopes of Mont Tremblant. Securing a major open-wheel event is a huge coup for the recently revived track, which was once famously referred to by Michael Schumacher as the “little Nurburgring”. (No wonder Ferrari elected to open its first North American driving school there. )
Having grown up in Montreal, this writer can attest that it”s a die-hard racing town through-and-through (in the summer, at least). Hosting F1, CART, Grand-Am and NASCAR will only allow more fans, teams and drivers to get a taste of the action.
[Sources: GrandPrix.com and Canada.com]
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