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12-20-06, 07:08 PM
"We want this weekend to be the place to be in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and southern Ontario,"
Plans take shape for Grand Prix
Extensive improvements to track, slightly shorter circuit and better viewing angles among changes.
Concrete installation for the Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle, which is returning to the city after a five-year hiatus, will begin in April.
There will be 450,000 square feet of concrete poured for a new paddock area and another 130,000 square feet of concrete will be used for race-circuit improvements, according to Bud Denker, senior vice president of Penske Corporation.
To enhance television and grandstand viewing, the track will be reconfigured slightly from a 2.4-mile circuit to a two-mile circuit with 14 turns.
Denker said there will be grandstand seating for 26,000 to 32,000, depending on ticket sales, and there will be 40 to 50 hospitality tents.
Rena Shanaman, events director for the Detroit Grand Prix, said that among the current priorities is signing up volunteers for the event.
Plans take shape for Grand Prix
Extensive improvements to track, slightly shorter circuit and better viewing angles among changes.
Concrete installation for the Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle, which is returning to the city after a five-year hiatus, will begin in April.
There will be 450,000 square feet of concrete poured for a new paddock area and another 130,000 square feet of concrete will be used for race-circuit improvements, according to Bud Denker, senior vice president of Penske Corporation.
To enhance television and grandstand viewing, the track will be reconfigured slightly from a 2.4-mile circuit to a two-mile circuit with 14 turns.
Denker said there will be grandstand seating for 26,000 to 32,000, depending on ticket sales, and there will be 40 to 50 hospitality tents.
Rena Shanaman, events director for the Detroit Grand Prix, said that among the current priorities is signing up volunteers for the event.