Paul Tracy in at Long Beach

[Grinder-Tank]

This according to Speed. Could be his last Indy Car type race.

[MichaelP]

This according to Speed. Could be his last Indy Car type race.

Doubt it.

According to Speed, Tracy had a clause in his contract that should Champ Car go by the way side, Forsythe was required to enter him in a similar level 'open wheel' series. Sounds like Gerry broke the contract.

[Speed Screens]

Doubt it.

According to Speed, Tracy had a clause in his contract that should Champ Car go by the way side, Forsythe was required to enter him in a similar level 'open wheel' series. Sounds like Gerry broke the contract.

That is what I heard Robin Miller say on last night's WindTunnel

[Indy-hp]

Corraborating the Speed report, I downloaded the current (dated 04-09-08) entry list off the GPLB site this morning and was pleasantly surprised to see Paul listed in one of the two Indeck cars. David Martinez is listed in the other one.

[Racechic317]

So why no announcement? I edit another forum that does live feeds and I haven't seen it on there either. He has a lot of fans seems like they should market him being there! I'm not doubting he's on a list. I just can't figure out why no announcements or anything.

[Mack Too]

I got this in a E-mail Saturday:

By Bill Center
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
April 10, 2008

Although it will be the last race of a disappearing series, the Long Beach Grand Prix is expecting its biggest field since 2002 for the April 20th race.
And why shouldn't car owners in the Champ Car World Series enter anything they have at Long Beach?

This is it for Champ Cars. The merged IndyCar Series will be using the chassis and engines used by the Indy Racing League. Besides, this one race will decide the last Champ Car World Series champion.

Leading the list of added entries for the 34th Long Beach Grand Prix - which will be part of the merged IndyCar Series tour next year - is four-time Long Beach champion Paul Tracy.

Tracy will drive for the Forsythe-Pettit team as a teammate of Mexico's
David Martinez and Franck Montagny. Tracy is the active leader with 31
wins as a CART-Champ Car driver. He won the LBGP in 1993, 2000, 2003 and 2004 and won the Champ Car series title in 2003.

Another recent entry is Jimmy Vasser. The 1996 race and series winner will jump into a third car to be fielded by the KV Racing team he runs. The other team drivers will be Will Power and Oriol Servia.

One of the drivers to watch at Long Beach will be 19-year-old Graham Rahal, who last weekend became the youngest driver to win a major open-wheel race - and also the first Champ Car driver to win in the merged IndyCar Series - when he triumphed in the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Grand Prix. Rahal will be joined by Justin Wilson for Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing.

Other recent additions to the Long Beach field include Canada's Alex Tagliani (fifth last year) for Walker Racing; Antonio Pizzonia and Juho
Annala for Rocketsports Racing; Mario Dominguez and Alex Figge for Pacific Coast Motorsports and veteran Roberto Moreno, Nelson Phillippe and E.J. Viso for Minardi/HVM. Rounding out the field will be Bruno Junequeira and Mario Moraes for Dale Coyne Racing and Franck Perera and Enrique Bernoldi for Conquest Racing.

Also on tap that weekend will be a Saturday race for American Le Mans Series sports protoypes.

[thehairpin]

About that e-mail, when did the ALMS decide to not bring the GTs to LB? I thought all ALMS races were all 4 classes!

[Mack Too]

You'll have to take that up with the writer, perhaps he is like me and the rolling chicane classes aren't worth mentioning or watching.

[Big Mo]

Too bad they don't have a DP-01 with hand controls ready for Alex Zanardi.

[Mack Too]

Perhaps someday at Indy, or perhaps one of the cutters where braking isn't that much of a factor and only a couple of pit stops. I bet TCGR would be willing to help if Zanardi wanted to run.

[kikigirl]

So why no announcement? I edit another forum that does live feeds and I haven't seen it on there either. He has a lot of fans seems like they should market him being there! I'm not doubting he's on a list. I just can't figure out why no announcements or anything.

I know. The only real announcement I saw from Forsythe was about Martinez unless they just snuck PT's name on the entry list.

I guess we'll find out for sure in about 4 days. This whole Tracy-Forsythe mess is

[Sea Fury]

Since the LBGP will be paying Indy Car points-and thus is technically part of the sole top open-wheel series in North America-and GF apparently will field a car for it, doesn't this technically fulfill his end of the contract, and after that both parties will be done with the contract?

[Mack Too]

I think he has to field two, and may run three.

[Jim Wilke]

I would make a large bet that if Tracy is in a Forsythe car at Long Beach, Gerry won't be there.