Busch / Montreal a done deal?

Bob Margolis of Yahoo! Sports seems to think so.

Standalone events/international expansion

The separate television package also opens the door for more standalone events – races that don't accompany a Cup race on the same weekend – which currently number eight. These events bring NASCAR racing to venues not served by Nextel Cup – ovals like Nashville, Kentucky and Gateway in St. Louis.

Also included in those events is the Mexico City road course race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

"The Busch Series allows [NASCAR] to do some things and try some things like Mexico that … expand the breadth of where the series races and it doesn't affect the Nextel Cup Series," Balash said.

The success of the two Mexican events has laid the groundwork for a possible additional international event: likely another road course race, this time in Montreal at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. It is expected that a race date as soon as July 2007 will be announced within the next several months.

With the exception of a possible Canadian race, no other changes or additions are expected for the 2007 Busch Series schedule.