AGR purchases Toronto

[Broadway Joe]

Link to press release.

[VonScratch]

Sweet.

[Qdoba Addict]

So that makes 6 street races for 2009 if the others on the schedule for this year remain. First part of the 6-6-6 schedule complete?

[Dmanus]

Hey, GREAT!! Them that can, do....................

[Jim Wilke]

I would bet this means Edmonton is gone, leaving:

St. Pete
Long Beach
Infineon
Detroit
Mid-O
Watkins Glen
Toronto
Surfers

I make that 5-3-11.

[Mack Too]

Build an oval.

[MDSchafer]

I would bet this means Edmonton is gone

I don't see where it has to be one or the other. Edmonton is a racy circuit that draws good attendance. The IRL has said a number of times they want to be in the Pacific North West region and as far as I know thier only options to reach that fan base is Portland, Edmonton, or a street race in Seattle.

[rrrr]

AGR purchases Toronto

Canada is for sale?

[Gateway Fan]

AGP seems certain that they are on the schedule for 2009. Therefore, I assume they have an agreement with the league to make this happen. (It is quite unlikely they would have made this purchase without that agreement in hand ahead of time.) Which begs the question, where does this race fit in the schedule? What other event may have to switch dates, or be eliminated to make room for Toronto?

[jdessar]

Canada is for sale?

For the right price everything is for sale.

It's finding the buyers that the problem.

[SandWedge]

Its on Indycar.com now

[MichaelP]

Canada is for sale?

Yes, I purchased Brampton last week... but I'm already looking to sell. Too many donut shops.

[MarkDonohueFan]

They probably got a pretty good deal for the event compared to what it would have been valued ten years ago.

[paul-collins]

No such thing!


mmmmm.....mmaple.

[ClintCurtis]

I don't see where it has to be one or the other. Edmonton is a racy circuit that draws good attendance. The IRL has said a number of times they want to be in the Pacific North West region and as far as I know thier only options to reach that fan base is Portland, Edmonton, or a street race in Seattle.

As a Seattlite, transplanted for financial gain, but still with ties, truly, truly, nothing is further away from the Seattle sports fans radar scope than Indy Car racing. NASCAR, yes; from my logger friends, to my next tier to the top friends at a certain large computer software company. Sprint cars at Skagit or Elma on a warm Saturday night, racing prohibitively expensive sports cars in Canada on Sunday. Going to the Seafair Nationals at PIR, and watching the hydros on Lake Washington at the Chevrolet Seafair Cup. But very seldom do Indy Cars come up in discussion, except maybe to talk about A.J. Foyt or Mario Andretti.
Heck, USAToday could probably do an InfoGraphic poll and 75% of Americans would still think that either of these guys might win at Indy this year. Truly, very few auto racing fans out here give a rat's *** about Indy Cars...other than me or SeaFury. IMHO