Final details of Baltimore GP to be announced

Baltimore Racing Development and the IZOD IndyCar Series will hold a press conference and luncheon Wednesday to announce final plans for the Baltimore Grand Prix to be run around the Inner Harbor in August 2011.

Gov. Martin O'Malley, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Jay Davidson, president of Baltimore Racing Development, and IndyCar officials will be on hand to make the announcement.

IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard announced in May that the Baltimore race will be on the schedule next year. The race would be the series' only event in the Mid-Atlantic region, since the league left Richmond, Va., last summer.

Only one problem, it is very hot and humid in Baltimore in August, which means fans will stay away in droves unless a lucky cool spell hits.