Busch race in Canada
If there was any question that NASCAR is ready to take over North America, if not the world, an upcoming announcement should leave little doubt.
In what is probably the worst kept secret in motorsports, it looks like NASCAR will announce a race date in Canada for its Busch Series drivers on Monday.
This really means there will be a date in Canada for NASCAR to showcase its best prospects and some of its established stars on a date when the Nextel Cup Series is off, much like the Busch Series race in Mexico.
The announcement is scheduled for 2 p.m. PDT on Monday and will be made at the Fairmount Queen Elisabeth Hotel in Montreal.
My best guess is that the race will be in Montreal as well.
Brian France, the Chairman and CEO of NASCAR, Martin Spaulding, the general manager of Motorise International, John Saunders, the executive vice president and COO of ISC and Roger Edmondson, the president of the Grand American Road Racing Association are scheduled to participate in the teleconference.
There will also be distinguished guests and drivers from the Busch Series participating in the announcement.
Given the guests on the teleconference, the race will most likely be a road course event and will be accompanied by the Grand American Road Racing Association.
There may even be a handful of NASCAR drivers in sports cars that weekend. Sounds like it could be a mini Speed Weeks like at Daytona Interantional Speedway every February.
It looks like NASCAR is expanding into an international market. Even the drivers, with the arrival of Columbia's Juan Pablo Montoya, are taking on a international flavor. Perhaps it would be a good idea to get one of the Canadian drivers from Champ Car, or even France's Sebastien Bourdais, in a stock car so someone will be able to talk to the Montreal media in post-race conferences.
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Tim Haddock covers motorsports — including stock-car and open-wheel racing — for the Los Angeles Daily News.
They are growing but are killing their roots. They killed the elite southwest series and I suppose the Auto Zone West is there to pick-up the ex-tour teams. 22 West cars did show at Texas. It would be nice to see them put some effort and cash into the West series. I do miss local short track racing. I see the Daily News is the media sponsor for the "Home and Garden Show" at Saugus Speedway. It still irks me a bit that the property owners still use "Speedway" in the name.