emjaya
07-16-08, 10:01 AM
Some Surfers Paradise news from Motorsport eNews (http://enews.mnews.com.au/) (page 6-7).
The car count may be down because it's a non-point race. :irked:
the promoter is only offering to provide the standard assistance
with travel expenses such as equipment freight, hotel rooms, and airline tickets to supply 18 of the 26 regular IndyCar teams. And, there are indications owners of the top teams, Penske, Ganassi and Andretti Green, aren’t interested in making the jaunt when the last points paying race for the championship is at Chicagoland in mid-September.
They have a Naming Rights sponsor, sort of, maybe, if they can get the IRL to actually confirm that they are coming. :saywhat:
“We hope to make an announcement very soon about Australia,” Terry Angstadt, the IRL’s President, Commercial Division, told Motorsport eNews.
“We don’t announce a race until the sanctioning agreement is officially signed.
We have discussed all the key business issues. There is nothing to keep us from doing that and we don’t anticipate any issues. I’m very optimistic.”
2009 is on. However, if they want to back to back with Japan, then it depends on Montegi moving to the weekend of 15-18 because the V8's have told them that's the way it's going to be. :saywhat: :\
“In Australia, the motorsport calendar is determined by Formula 1 and then V8 Supercars Australia,” said V8SA Chairman Tony Cochrane. “It is a V8 Supercars decision on their calendar. As it stands, we already have an agreement for 2009, which is October 22-25.”
The car count may be down because it's a non-point race. :irked:
the promoter is only offering to provide the standard assistance
with travel expenses such as equipment freight, hotel rooms, and airline tickets to supply 18 of the 26 regular IndyCar teams. And, there are indications owners of the top teams, Penske, Ganassi and Andretti Green, aren’t interested in making the jaunt when the last points paying race for the championship is at Chicagoland in mid-September.
They have a Naming Rights sponsor, sort of, maybe, if they can get the IRL to actually confirm that they are coming. :saywhat:
“We hope to make an announcement very soon about Australia,” Terry Angstadt, the IRL’s President, Commercial Division, told Motorsport eNews.
“We don’t announce a race until the sanctioning agreement is officially signed.
We have discussed all the key business issues. There is nothing to keep us from doing that and we don’t anticipate any issues. I’m very optimistic.”
2009 is on. However, if they want to back to back with Japan, then it depends on Montegi moving to the weekend of 15-18 because the V8's have told them that's the way it's going to be. :saywhat: :\
“In Australia, the motorsport calendar is determined by Formula 1 and then V8 Supercars Australia,” said V8SA Chairman Tony Cochrane. “It is a V8 Supercars decision on their calendar. As it stands, we already have an agreement for 2009, which is October 22-25.”