Overseas races to move to autumn

If Champ Car and the IRL are to merge for 2008, rumor has it that Tony George will try to convince the Honda powers to be in Japan to move the race to the autumn (late season) after the IRL season finale in Chicago where it could be packaged with Champ Car's non-USA races in Europe, Australia and Mexico City. We assume these races would be run as non-points paying races for 2008 but could be part of the championship in 2009. If George is successful in getting Honda to agree, this would eliminate the date conflict between the Long Beach GP and the Motegi race in Japan.