Zolder race promoter happy with Champ Car

We spoke to Zolder race promoter Meindert van Buuren (pictured right) at the end of the day's activities at Zolder Friday and quizzed him on how he felt the first day went.

"It went very well, we had a record Friday crowd for Zolder. We had about 10,000 people here today and although that may not sound like a lot, Belgians work Fridays and Saturday and Sunday will certainly be even better. We need about 45,000 for the weekend to break even."

"Did you see the autograph session? It was packed. We must have had over 1,000 people. It was even bigger than what I saw in Edmonton. This is something new for Europeans to have this kind of access to the drivers. The local media folks were shocked."