According to a high-ranking NASCAR source, the sanctioning body is close to securing a Busch Series date north of the border for the 2007 season. Though not yet fully executed, the contract is some 95 percent complete and should be done within the week, the source said. Once complete, NASCAR plans to host a points-paying event at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve road course in Montreal, Quebec. The race’s prospective date was not disclosed, but if NASCAR follows the format used in the Mexico City initiative, look for the Montreal event to fall on a Cup Series off-weekend, thereby enabling any interested Nextel Cup Series drivers to compete. Excluding Easter weekend, just one date is open: mid-July, between Chicago and Indianapolis.(NASCAR.com)(8-24-2006)
