Monday, August 28, 2006

MONTREAL: Underway after soggy Sunday


The G.P. de Montreal ChampCar race is underway following Sunday's monsoon. It remains to be seen if Paul Tracy will put Sebastien Bourdais into a headlock and powerslam him into the ground.

For the record, I think PT is hilarious. As many races as Bourdais wins, no one buys tickets to watch an emotionless Borg. Tracy IS the show. He knows it. He having fun.... as he fills the stands.

In other Montreal notes, the CASCAR race in Montreal was outstanding. Great action and no cautions. In the wake of their stellar performance, I wouldn't be surprised to hear NASCAR announce their Busch race at the facility about three minutes after today's ChampCar race is done.

Speaking of the CASCAR race, Kerry Micks and Robin Buck put on a great show at the front and there was incredible action throughout the field. There was more on-track passing in that race than they've had in a five years of F1 and ChampCar races at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

If there was a blemish regarding CASCAR at Montreal, it involved the realization that the event sponsor (go-racing.ca) was a bust. To further muddy the waters, the individual fronting the travel site wasn't who he said he was. The police were taking statements in the pits on Saturday, trying to determine the extent of the damage, which left the series and one team smarting in their wallets.

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