NASCAR Montreal race to be announced

UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today as Champ Car President Steve Johnson told media today in Montreal that "Normand Legault told us three months ago he does not want us back, and the city gave him a monopoly on all races on this island and right now, unless Normand changes his mind, our hands are tied and we have no plans to race here (on this island) next year. However, we love Canada and we love Montreal and we are looking seriously at a few other possibilities in Montreal and Quebec."

We will have more on this later….

08/25/06 Word here in Montreal is that after this weekend's Champ Car race NASCAR will announce the Busch Series will race in Montreal on July 22, 2007, the open weekend in the Nextel Cup schedule before the Allstate 400 at Indy so as many Cup drivers as possible can participate in Montreal. We hear that Grand-Am and CASCAR will also race in Montreal that weekend.