- Montreal Race Tickets on sale: Tickets for the NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge Nationwide Series event, to be held next August 1-2 at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, are on sale. Boasting a roster of more than 40 drivers, including many returnees armed with track knowledge, and its enthusiastic public, NASCAR's second visit to Montreal promises once more to be a spectacular and action-packed event. Fans may purchase grandstand and general admission tickets for the 2008 edition of the NAPA Auto Parts 200 Presented by Dodge by calling (514) 397-0007. Lines are open every day of the week between 8am and 10pm. Tickets may also be ordered online at www.circuitgillesvilleneuve.ca.(Stock Car Montreal PR)(1-21-2008)
- NAPA Sponsoring Canadian Busch Race and Reutimann: Stock-Car Montréal s.e.c. announced that the NAPA Auto Parts 200 will be the official name of the inaugural NASCAR Busch Series race on August 4 at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. During the press conference, it was also announced that David Reutimann will drive the #99 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota in the Montreal race.(Stock-Car Montréal PR)(4-16-2007)
- Montreal Busch Race Tix on Sale: Since 9:00am Monday morning, November 13, 2006, tickets to attend the inaugural Montreal NASCAR Busch Series race are on sale. The Series will run at Gilles Villeneuve Circuit, on August 3rd and 4th, 2007. Fans can purchase tickets in a select number of stands, located in the most exciting portions of the circuit, all bearing the names of legendary NASCAR heroes. The Busch race scheduled for Saturday afternoon will be the main attraction. In addition, spectators will get a special Friday treat: the sleek Grand-Am Rolex Series Daytona prototypes. To order event tickets by phone, fans can call (514) 397-0007, 7 days a week, from 8:00am to 11:00pm or order online anytime at www.circuitgillesvilleneuve.ca.(PR)(11-13-2006)
- NASCAR Will Make Effort to Get Cup Drivers in Canada Race: "What we will bring to Montreal is a first-class package," [Brian France] said. France said that if that means the sanctioning body might have to sweeten the purse to attract drivers like Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick and Jimmie Johnson, then that is what will happen. "We will work with the promoter (Normand Legault) to make sure we have the stars at Montreal," he said. When asked if that meant that NASCAR might use its influence to lean on some drivers to be in Montreal, France answered "yes." He also said that the Montreal already has signed a TV deal that will see the race broadcast in Canada on TSN and on the full ESPN network in the U.S. (Toronto Sun)(10-3-2006)
AND: France said he hopes to get several Canadian drivers to enter the race, much like the number of Mexican drivers who competed in the first two Busch Series races in Mexico City. France added that he hoped some Nextel Cup drivers would enter the race, which is being held the same weekend as a Cup race at Pocono Raceway. He said NASCAR would not offer extra incentive for Cup drivers to race in Montreal, saying the attraction of Montreal to sponsors would be incentive enough.(SceneDaily.com)(10-3-2006)
- 2007 Schedule Announced: The 26th season of NASCAR Busch Series competition will begin on Saturday, Feb. 17 at Daytona International Speedway, include two international stops, and end Saturday, Nov. 17 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The 2007 schedule features a second international event on Aug. 4 at the Circuit Gilles Villenueve road course in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. For a third consecutive year, the schedule also includes a race at the Autodomo Hermanos Rodriguez roa course in Mexico City, Mexico on March 4. The NASCAR Busch Series is scheduled for 26 combination events with the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series in 2007. The NASCAR Busch Series will race together with the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series twice. There are 26 race tracks on the current schedule divided among 21 states, Canada and Mexico. There will be eight NASCAR Busch Series "stand-alone" events: Mexico City (March 4), Nashville (April 7 and June 9), Kentucky (June 16), Milwaukee (June 23), Indianapolis (July 28), Montreal and Memphis (Oct. 27). The 2007 schedule contains some changes in the order of events from 2006:
• In April, Nashville Superspeedway's race will precede Texas Motor Speedway's event (April 14), a change necessitated by where Easter Sunday falls on the calendar. (The Texas weekend also features a Sunday NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series event.)
• The order of a six-week midsummer string of events has also been altered. In 2007, New Hampshire International Speedway will have a June 30 race, followed on the schedule by Daytona (July 6), Chicagoland Speedway (July 14), Gateway Internatinal Raceway near St. Louis (July 21), O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis and Circuit Gilles Villenueve. The 2006 schedule had a Daytona-Chicago-New Hampshire-Martinsville-St. Louis-Indianapolis order.(NASCAR PR)(10-2-2006)
See the schedule on my 2007 Schedule page.(10-2-2006)
- Busch Montreal race to be announced Monday, schedule to follow? UPDATE: hearing the long rumored Busch Series race in Montreal Canada will be officially announced late Monday afternoon, October 2nd in Montreal. The announcement may include the release of the 2007 Busch Series Schedule.(9-30-2006)
UPDATE: NASCAR has set a "Busch Series announcement in Montreal" for 5 p.m. Monday, presumably to announce the Busch Series will run in the city in 2007. Scheduled to attend the news conference include NASCAR Chairman Brian France, International Speedway Corp. Chief Operating Officer John Saunders, Groupe Motorise International General Manager Martin Spaulding and Grand American Road Racing Association President Roger Edmondson. Carl Edwards also is expected to attend. NASCAR likely will release the 2007 Busch Series schedule as well. Schedules handed out to teams last week showed the Montreal event listed for Aug. 4 on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve road course.(SceneDaily.com)(10-1-2006)
- No Busch Sched Announcement Tuesday? hearing that there will be NO announcement made on Tuesday, September 26,2006 regarding the 2007 Busch Series Schedule or the rumored race in Montreal, no word yet when the schedule will be announced.(9-25-2006)
UPDATE: NASCAR has delayed its Busch Series schedule announcement, which was scheduled for today in Montreal, Canada. NASCAR spokesman Tracey Judd said Tuesday that with the complexities of holding an international event, some final details needed to be completed but added, "Nothing is in danger. We're hopeful the schedule can be released sometime next week," she said.(SceneDaily.com)(9-26-2006)
- Busch Series Sched to be announced Tuesday in Canada: NASCAR will announce its 2007 Busch Series schedule at a news conference Tuesday in Montreal, site of a road-course race there next Aug. 4, sources confirmed today at Dover. The race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve will take the place of this year's Martinsville Speedway event and will join Mexico and Watkins Glen as road-course races. NASCAR is in the process of giving Busch teams the '07 schedule, a copy of which was obtained by NASCAR Scene. No other new events are on the schedule, though there are a couple of date switches. The first Nashville and Texas races swap race weekends, with Nashville's first race held the day before Easter, April 7, and Texas taking the April 14 date. The switch could also help smaller teams who can now simply travel from Nashville to Texas to Phoenix (April 20). Also, since the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard changed weekends, the companion race at O'Reilly Raceway Park will move to July 28, with the race at Gateway taking Martinsville's spot, July 21. The Busch Series has a 16-week stretch without a weekend off, beginning with the Lowe's May 26 and ending with the Richmond race Sept. 7. That stretch includes Montreal and a cross-country trip to California on Sept. 1. The season opens Feb. 17 at Daytona and ends Nov. 17 at Homestead.(SceneDaily.com)(9-23-2006)
- NASCAR buying CASCAR UPDATE: [after years of rumors...] NASCAR today will unveil a Canadian-based stock car series that will feature a season-long points battle among the country's best drivers and end with the awarding of the Canadian Tire Cup. The Toronto Sun has learned that a deal to sell CASCAR -- Canada's top stock car racing series -- to the France family business that is NASCAR will be made official at a news conference today in Toronto and that Canadian Tire has signed on as the title sponsor. The deal, which has been two years in the making, will see NASCAR sanction a national stock car racing series in Canada on the foundation that has been laid by Tony Novotny and his wife, Linda, over the past 20 years. "It's finally going to happen," Linda Novotny said yesterday. At the Champ Car Grand Prix of Montreal last month CASCAR also became the first stock car series to race on an active Formula One track at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. It is the same track where the NASCAR Busch Series will hold its first-ever Canadian race in 2007. Robbie Weiss, NASCAR's international director, is flying in from his Los Angles office to make the proclamation about his company's future in the Great White North and while his office would not reveal why he is visiting Toronto, it's not likely just another glad-handing affair where Brian France gets his hands on some of that Canadian Tire money.
Speaking of CASCAR, all of a sudden it seems to be the place to be for two of Quebec's top open wheel racing drivers. A week ago Patrick Carpentier, a veteran of both Champ Car and the Indy Racing League, drew high praise for his sixth-place finish after he climbed into the Dave Jacombs Racing #88 Ford for CASCAR's Labour Day Classic at Cayuga Speedway. And this past Saturday at Montreal's Autodrome Ste. Eustache, 19-year-old Andrew Ranger, driver of the #27 MiJack Conquest Racing Lola in Champ Car, drove the same car to a 13th-place finish in his first try in the big sedans. Both Carpentier and Ranger have been paying attention to the NASCAR talk in their home province and both are likely to make bids to be part of the show there next season.(Toronto Sun)
UPDATE: In support of its initiatives across Canada, NASCAR announced the creation of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. Scheduled to launch in May 2007, the series includes a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Canadian Tire – an iconic Canadian brand with strong national presence. The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series will operate nationally in Canada with a schedule of 10-12 races (May-October). The series will provide new racing opportunities for teams and drivers from the former CASCAR series. The official NASCAR Canadian Tire Series schedule, point fund and tracks will be announced at a later date. The series will receive support from NASCAR’s extensive resources, including competition, research and development, marketing, licensing and communications. A dedicated staff will operate the series, with NASCAR Canada providing additional support in sponsorship, licensing, marketing and media initiatives. In addition to becoming title sponsor of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, Canadian Tire, the most-shopped general merchandiser in the country, will become the official automotive retailer of NASCAR in Canada. Canadian Tire will offer exclusive customer promotions, seasonal marketing programs and national advertising and in-store programs in partnership with NASCAR Canada. As part of the partnership agreement and its continued focus on being first-to-market with new and exciting products, Canadian Tire will explore licensing opportunities, including developing a new line of NASCAR products for the automotive aftermarket.
TSN, a NASCAR broadcast partner for more than 20 years, will help market the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series and draw new fans to NASCAR and stock car racing in Canada. Among these efforts, TSN is developing a monthly magazine-style show that will showcase the many aspects of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. The program will spotlight the stars of the series, race news, updates and highlights.(NASCAR PR)(9-12-2006)
- Canadian Busch Race Set? Two Canadian newspapers are reporting that a NASCAR Busch Series race will be held in Montreal at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 2007, with an announcement expected soon. The Gazette of Montreal reported the race will be announced after Labor Day, the first Monday of September. The Globe & Mail of Toronto said the announcement would be made once the Champ Car World Series race weekend was completed, which was Aug. 28. A NASCAR spokesperson said the '07 Busch Series schedule was likely to be announced the second or third weekend in September.(SceneDaily.com)(8-28-2006)
- Canadian Track to be upgraded to NASCAR Standards: Cayuga International Speedway [currently Cayuga 2000 Raceway] will undergo a major re-construction after the final race of the 2006 season to bring it up to NASCAR standards. An investment group has purchased the 5/8ths-mile oval with the hopes of attracting a NASCAR Busch Series or Craftsman Truck Series race as soon as 2008. The finished track will seat 60,000 fans. "The new ownership team has retained the services of Baskervill Motorsports Design, one of North America's premier track designers and builders, and Cooper Construction of Oakville, to start construction of this exciting project in September," a release from the new track owner said. The final race on the old track will be the CASCAR Super Series Hot and Heavy 200 on Labor Day.(Toronto Sun)
MORE: Baskervill’s Motorsports Design team has been retained to design a new, out of the ground race facility in Ontario, Canada, at the site of the current Cayuga 2000 Raceway. The new track, re-named Cayuga International Speedway, will become a state of the art, mixed-use race facility. The Toronto-based owners have asked Baskervill to design a “world class facility.”(baskervill.com)(7-12-2006)
- Montreal in July 2007? Current speculation has Montreal [Canada] getting the Busch Series race on the third Saturday in July that currently is held at Martinsville Speedway. That is the same weekend the Cup teams are in Pocono International Raceway, less than 500 km [approx 310miles] south of Montreal.(Toronto Sun)(6-19-2006)
- Burton could test in Canada UPDATE NO: Jeff Burton probably will be the driver chosen to test a 750-horsepower Chevy on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve June 19 or 20 [2006]. By then, Canadian Formula One Grand Prix race promoter Normand Legault hopes to have confirmed a summer 2007 race in the Busch Series, a circuit populated by many Nextel Cup stars and by drivers being groomed for the top league. Legault expects to renew an Ile Notre Dame race-site lease soon with the city of Montreal, his landlord. The ink might not even be dry on that document when he announces a NASCAR race. The timing of a mid-June stock-car test would be ideal - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, a temporary road course, will be in full race trim for the June 23-25 Grand Prix weekend, and Burton will be a short flight away, having run a Nextel Cup race in Brooklyn, Mich., on June 18.(Montreal Gazette)(5-23-2006)
UPDATE: Jeff Burton is not scheduled to test a Busch Series car in Montreal as speculated by the Montreal Gazette.(RCR)(5-25-2006)
- Looks like Busch Series race to Canada in 2007: NASCAR is within a few signatures of coming to Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 2007. The renewal of a 10-year lease for racing on Ile Notre Dame, a contract between the city of Montreal and motorsport promoter Normand Legault, is the final turn to be negotiated, one that's expected to be rounded in the next couple of weeks. And when it is, Legault will announce that the NASCAR Busch Series will unleash 43 of its 3,400-pound Chevy, Ford and Dodge lookalikes for a fender-rubbing, paint-trading race on the Expo 67 island. On May 2, a delegation of seven high-ranking officials headed by Steve O'Donnell, NASCAR's managing director of events and operations, flew to Montreal for a five-hour operational visit to the racetrack. Included in the group was Busch Series director Joe Balash, NASCAR vice-president of competition Robin Pemberton, and events, logistics, and timing and scoring officials. O'Donnell hails Legault and his team and calls the circuit "a world-class facility, a challenging course in a unique setting, with access to a great city." He says the track is essentially NASCAR race-ready, save a few things like the lengthening of pit road for 43 cars. That's an easy fix, given that the long pit exit beyond the F1 garages could be modified. As for the tight Senna Corner and Casino hairpin? If you love NASCAR for the wrecks, buy your seats here. "We were definitely impressed with the facility," O'Donnell said from NASCAR headquarters in Daytona Beach, Fla. "Montreal obviously is a great market. There's a possibility for (a race here) as early as 2007."(more at the Montreal Gazette)(5-16-2006)
- NASCAR visiting Canada UPDATE: A small contingent of NASCAR officials planned to travel to Montreal this week to scout the city for a possible Busch Series race there next season. NASCAR expanded into Mexico last year, and Canadian officials have been trying to get on the schedule. Spokesman Jim Hunter said series officials will tour several different venues, and any expansion would be strictly for the lower-tier Busch Series.(Alabama Live)(5-1-2006)
UPDATE: A group of Toronto investors has made a bid to buy Cayuga 2000 Speedway near Hamilton and turn it into a NASCAR ready facility that would seat in excess of 60,000. The proposal also involves lengthening the existing 5/8ths mile oval to a mile. In return, the proposed Cayuga owners will get serious consideration for either a NASCAR Busch Series or Craftsman Truck Series race when the project is completed. "Apparently this group has already been talking to NASCAR officials," a source close to the deal told the Toronto Sun yesterday. "They were essentially told that if they build it NASCAR will come -- but only the junior series." Another source with connections to the current owners Garry Evans and Brad Litkey said the owners have given the Toronto group two weeks to come up with a deal to buy the facility. NASCAR vice-president Jim Hunter told an Associated Press reporter in Talladega that a small group of NASCAR executives planned to tour Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve this week in preparation for a possible race there in 2007. But Hunter also said that while in Canada, the group could tour several other race facilities -- including Cayuga.(Toronto Sun)(5-2-2006)
- New Oval Track in Canada Proposed: With NASCAR officials talking about expanding into Canada, a group of Canadian investors and developers is looking to build a race track on what is now a Fort Erie golf course. "We've been working at this for about 15 months," James Thibert, general manager of the Fort Erie Economic Development & Tourism Corp., said this week. A group of investors has an option on an almost 1,000-acre site that includes the International Country Club in Stevensville, Thibert said. The proposed seven-eighths of a mile track would have seating for as many as 65,000 spectators. Completion is projected for late 2008. Thibert said he is confident the proposal will work, saying the question isn't "if" but how quickly.(Buffalo News)(12-9-2005)
- Six National Races in Canada? UPDATE: NASCAR executives are saying they envision as many as six NASCAR races - Truck, Busch and Nextel Cup - in Canada over the next few years, with Montreal being the linchpin. But the earliest that a NASCAR race could be scheduled is 2007. NASCAR is looking at Calgary for construction of a new asphalt track. And Molson-Coors officials, in Richmond this weekend in force, are being courted by NASCAR for its Canadian efforts. Molson, long a major sponsor of auto racing in Canada, could build a new Richmond-size track in that country for a NASCAR race.(Winston Salem Journal)(9-10-2005)
UPDATE: Canada will not get a NASCAR race in 2006, The Toronto Sun has been told. NASCAR chief operating officer George Pyne, in an exclusive interview with the Sun, said that the logistics of putting one of the major series -- Nextel Cup, Busch or Craftsman Trucks -- could not be put in place quick enough to allow it on next season's race calendar. Pyne did say, however, that Canada remains high on the priority list of places NASCAR wants to expand to. Pyne also said that once it's decided that a race will be awarded to Canada, Montreal is far and away in the lead to host such an event.(Toronto Sun)(9-11-2005)
- Truck Race in Calgary? UPDATE: NASCAR officials are reported to be studying the possibility of scheduling a Truck tour race at a proposed new track in Calgary, Alberta, as part of their new Canadian strategy. And NASCAR executives have stepped up public-relations operations in Toronto, bringing in top Cup drivers such as Jimmie Johnson and Bobby Labonte in recent weeks to promote NASCAR's entry into the Canadian market. One possibility is a Truck race on Toronto's temporary street course.(Winston Salem Journal)(8-7-2005)
UPDATE: Canadian beer giant Molson talking with a premier American racing series about staging an event in Calgary [Alberta, Canada] to be held at the Stampede Grounds. Molson has met with NASCAR and local officials about staging a Craftsmen Truck Series race on the grounds. The CTS is NASCAR's third most-important series behind only the Busch and Nextel Cup. The potential venues in Calgary for a CTS race are the Stampede Grounds and Race City Motorsport Park, with the former seemingly the most likely, according to sources. A temporary roadcourse circuit winding through the Grounds is the front-runner, but the idea of converting the horse track at the Grounds has been floated. A new horse-racing facility is slated to be built north of the city for an April 2007 opening. First off, Molson, NASCAR, the Stampede Board and the mayor's office confirmed there was a meet-and-greet held in Calgary in July during the Stampede.
It was, however, a very informal meeting, said all involved, including NASCAR CTS manager of communications Owen Hearns. "It's no secret we've been looking at Canada for years," said Hearns. "But in terms of anything specific, there's nothing really to say at this point."(Edmonton Sun)(8-31-2005)
- The Latest on NASCAR Busch race in Canada: French-language reports from Canada say that Normand Legault, a Montreal track promoter who was at Indianapolis last weekend, was talking optimistically about a deal with NASCAR for a race at Montreal's downtown Formula One course next season. Presumably, such a race would be under the Busch tour logo but with extra Nextel Cup drivers in the field. According to one unconfirmed report, an announcement could be made within the next two weeks.(Winston Salem Journal)(6-3-2005)
- NASCAR Fact Finding Mission in Canada MORE: NASCAR is planning a fact finding mission to Canada in the next three months to determine the feasibility of holding either a Busch Grand National and Nextel Cup race north of the border. George Pyne, NASCAR's chief operating officer, says the stock car sanctioning body will visit Toronto and Montreal in the next 30 to 90 days with the goal of finding a suitable venue. A NASCAR spokesperson says while series executives visit Canada from time to time, they don't have a definite timeline for a possible race there.(TSA.ca)(3-23-2005)
MORE: TORONTO HAS leap-frogged Montreal to become the leading candidate to land a NASCAR stock car race as soon as 2006. A group of NASCAR executives met Tuesday in Daytona Beach, Fla., to map out an expansion strategy that includes a meeting in Toronto sometime this spring with Myles Brandt, president and general manager of Ontario's Mosport International Raceway. Brandt confirmed that NASCAR bosses are serious about a race at Mosport's four-kilometre road course in Bowmanville, just 78 km east of downtown Toronto. Robbie Weiss, NASCAR's top international executive, told The Toronto Sun earlier this week that an existing road course -- like the one at Mosport -- could be a target for the world's most popular stock car series in 2006. Brandt said yesterday he already has had meetings with Weiss and other NASCAR officials about Mosport. Mosport got a political boost for its NASCAR bid yesterday when Durham Regional Council voted to throw its support behind efforts to land a race at the local track. While the motion did not include a dollar figure for any financial support for Mosport's bid, Brandt said it was a step in the right direction.
(Toronto Sun)(3-24-2005)
- NASCAR Canada Plan hit a Snag? NASCAR's Canadian plans may have hit a snag, with word from Montreal promoter Normand Legault and the Champ Car series owners that they've got another year on their contract for an August Indy-car race on Montreal's Formula One course, which could preclude NASCAR from racing at that track in 2006. The city of Montreal allows two race weekends a year on the course. One is the June Formula One event, which attracts about 120,000 fans. The second has been the late August Indy-car event, now on the Champ Car tour. NASCAR, or one of its sponsors, might thus have to buy out the Legault-Champ Car contract if the stock car series is to play on that course in 2006. But NASCAR has other Canadian options, mainly a street-course race in Toronto or a run at the venerable Mosport track. Mosport is 50 miles east of Toronto and 300 miles southwest of Montreal.(Winston Salem Journal)(3-12-2004)
- Truck Race in Canada? NASCAR officials spent last Sunday touring racetracks in Canada, looking for a place to hold a Craftsman Truck Series race. Two issues are holding up a possible tour date north of the border. First, NASCAR uses leaded fuels, and Canada has a strict unleaded policy. The second issue involves the tires, though garage sources aren't clear what the problem is. Insiders were confident a deal will be worked out.(FoxSports/Sporting News)(5-24-2004)
- Mexico? Australia [can I go?] Canada? in the future for NASCAR UPDATE: NASCAR's search for new markets for Winston Cup racing could take a decidedly unexpected twist - think Mexico City and Australia. Car owner Jack Roush says that an early January Cup race in Australia would be perfect timing, since the weather's great, and he likes Canadian and Mexican options, too. While the Indy Racing League would be the obvious choice to replace CART at those venues, NASCAR sources say that the stock-car sanctioning body - which, after all, runs one of the world's most popular auto-racing series - may be approached by sponsors to consider running races at Mexico City and in Australia in CART's stead. Two such Winston Cup races could perk the interest of NBC and Fox, who haven't been making money on the sport they're paying $400 million a year to broadcast. Two venues closer to home, with more logical markets, are Vancouver, British Columbia, and Denver [street courses for Cup cars?].(Winston Salem Journal)(8-4-2003)
UPDATE: NASCAR spokesman Herb Branham confirmed Tuesday the sanctioning body is exploring the "long-term possibility" of holding a Busch or Truck series race in Mexico, likely in the Mexico City area. NASCAR has expanded beyond the continental United States before but only with non-points "exhibition" races held in Japan in 1997 and 1998. "People in Mexico are intensely interested in NASCAR and Mexico borders areas of the U.S. also with a lot of fan interest," Branham said. "It should come as no surprise there would be interest in holding a race in Mexico considering the tremendous growth of the sport." In its third year of distributing its programming overseas, NASCAR started the 2003 season with an expanded global reach including television broadcasts in more than 100 countries in 21 languages each week. "We are working hard to drive more worldwide exposure and attention to NASCAR and we are pleased with the early results our international television partners are seeing in their local markets," said Paul Brooks, NASCAR's vice president of broadcasting. Asked specifically if the 2005 season was a possibility for a NASCAR event in Mexico, Branham said there was not established timetable.(Thatsracin.com)(8-5-2003)
