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02-17-08, 01:09 PM
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AN INDY car racing track is soon to be built in Blue Hills to kick start the Premier’s vision of turning the TCI into the “Monte Carlo of the Caribbean.”
This week Michael Misick signed an agreement with the Indy Racing League (IRL) to put on an Indy Turks and Caicos Grand Prix in Providenciales.
He said that the race, slated for next February, will become a yearly event and will help to promote the TCI as a high-end tourism destination.
“We are very proud to be associated with the Indy Racing League,” the Premier said.
“We are really looking forward to putting on an exciting race - a race that we hope to develop into one of the pre-eminent races, not only in the Indy League but also in the world.”
According to a Government spokesperson construction on the racing track in Blue Hills is set to begin “in short order.”
Tony George, president and chief executive officer of the IRL, met with the Premier, Floyd Hall, Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance, and Jeffrey Hall, Minister of Works, on Thursday, January 31.
Together they signed the letter of intent as well as surveying the areas where the track is to be laid and sorting out the logistics for the event.
Mr George said: “This is a very exciting opportunity for us to come to the Turks and Caicos and have the opportunity to really use this as a spring board to launch our season every year.
“I think that the timing of a February event could be a great way to start off our season on an annual basis.”
He added that he was very excited to work in “developing this opportunity, that I’m sure will be good for everyone concerned.”
“We have used our energies and creative ideas to come up with activities to make an entire week of events around what would be in our first event of the season.”
The Indy Turks and Caicos Grand Prix will kick start the year of events for the IRL and will include up to five hours of non-stop racing related activities which will be broadcast live on EPSN, NBC and ABC.
Mr George said: “This is a very exciting opportunity for us to come to the Turks and Caicos and have the opportunity to really use this as a spring board to launch our season every year.
“I think that the timing of a February event could be a great way to start off our season on an annual basis.”
The promoters for the event will be Andretti Green Racing, which is a leading promoter of racing events, and owned by Michael Andretti, the former race-car driver.
The Indy Racing League is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series.
The league consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series, whose centrepiece is the Indianapolis 500, and the Indy Pro Series, which is a developmental series for the IRL.
AN INDY car racing track is soon to be built in Blue Hills to kick start the Premier’s vision of turning the TCI into the “Monte Carlo of the Caribbean.”
This week Michael Misick signed an agreement with the Indy Racing League (IRL) to put on an Indy Turks and Caicos Grand Prix in Providenciales.
He said that the race, slated for next February, will become a yearly event and will help to promote the TCI as a high-end tourism destination.
“We are very proud to be associated with the Indy Racing League,” the Premier said.
“We are really looking forward to putting on an exciting race - a race that we hope to develop into one of the pre-eminent races, not only in the Indy League but also in the world.”
According to a Government spokesperson construction on the racing track in Blue Hills is set to begin “in short order.”
Tony George, president and chief executive officer of the IRL, met with the Premier, Floyd Hall, Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance, and Jeffrey Hall, Minister of Works, on Thursday, January 31.
Together they signed the letter of intent as well as surveying the areas where the track is to be laid and sorting out the logistics for the event.
Mr George said: “This is a very exciting opportunity for us to come to the Turks and Caicos and have the opportunity to really use this as a spring board to launch our season every year.
“I think that the timing of a February event could be a great way to start off our season on an annual basis.”
He added that he was very excited to work in “developing this opportunity, that I’m sure will be good for everyone concerned.”
“We have used our energies and creative ideas to come up with activities to make an entire week of events around what would be in our first event of the season.”
The Indy Turks and Caicos Grand Prix will kick start the year of events for the IRL and will include up to five hours of non-stop racing related activities which will be broadcast live on EPSN, NBC and ABC.
Mr George said: “This is a very exciting opportunity for us to come to the Turks and Caicos and have the opportunity to really use this as a spring board to launch our season every year.
“I think that the timing of a February event could be a great way to start off our season on an annual basis.”
The promoters for the event will be Andretti Green Racing, which is a leading promoter of racing events, and owned by Michael Andretti, the former race-car driver.
The Indy Racing League is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series.
The league consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series, whose centrepiece is the Indianapolis 500, and the Indy Pro Series, which is a developmental series for the IRL.