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Watkins Glen Primed To Replace Boston Grand Prix
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IndyCar president Mark Miles sees a legendary road course in IndyCar's future this fall.
"We've been talking to Watkins Glen about Labor Day, and if we can figure out how to do it and be respectful to the Ferrari group, we'd be thrilled to go back to a place with such history," said Miles. "We think there's a strong IndyCar fan base and if we can work things out, we can move on this pretty quickly."
The "Ferrari group" Miles referenced is a traditional club racing event already scheduled for that weekend, but Miles sounded hopeful they and IndyCar could share the 3.4-mile road course.
With the Boston street race canceled last week, IndyCar looked for a replacement for September 2-3-4 and the only two logical candidates seemed to be Gateway in Madison, Illinois, or the famed track in Seneca Lake, New York, that first hosted Indy cars in 1979 but haven't been back since 2010.
As for booking The Glen going forward into 2017, Miles said: "You want it to be successful and, if so, it makes sense to try and stay there."
The last IndyCar race took place on July 4, 2010 and had a dismal turnout.
"We've been talking to Watkins Glen about Labor Day, and if we can figure out how to do it and be respectful to the Ferrari group, we'd be thrilled to go back to a place with such history," said Miles. "We think there's a strong IndyCar fan base and if we can work things out, we can move on this pretty quickly."
The "Ferrari group" Miles referenced is a traditional club racing event already scheduled for that weekend, but Miles sounded hopeful they and IndyCar could share the 3.4-mile road course.
With the Boston street race canceled last week, IndyCar looked for a replacement for September 2-3-4 and the only two logical candidates seemed to be Gateway in Madison, Illinois, or the famed track in Seneca Lake, New York, that first hosted Indy cars in 1979 but haven't been back since 2010.
As for booking The Glen going forward into 2017, Miles said: "You want it to be successful and, if so, it makes sense to try and stay there."
The last IndyCar race took place on July 4, 2010 and had a dismal turnout.
