From the Calgary Herald
Didn't take long for someone to come sniffing for that $110 million that Bernie Ecclestone turned down...
"The Indy Racing League is ready to entertain talks of possibly staging a race [in Montreal] to fill the void left in the wake of a failed collective effort by city, provincial and federal government officials to secure the future of the country's only Formula One race."
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Montreal did not support Champ Car. Why would it support Indycar? The people who went to the Grand Prix know the difference between a world class event and a second rate series for guys who are not good enough for F1.
According to many, Montreal Champ Car was scuttled, intentionally, by a promoter who wanted to have a NASCAR/IRL doublheader weekend.
At the time, the IRL teams were told they were racing there.
NASCAR is huge in Montreal. Bet your wouldn't have thought that would be the case.
If Montreal can embrace NASCAR's 2nd tier series, then IMO it will embrace the unified IndyCar, especially if they get some Quebec content, which I'm sure they would.
The unified Indycar is no better than the old Indycar or Champcar. Legault tried to scuttle the last year but the attendence at the Montreal race went down every year from year one. Indycar will not draw as many as Nascars second tier.
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