Much discussion has gone on over the past few weeks about a possible merger in open wheel racing. We move forward now to the last couple of days and it appears a merger is all but done, but at what expense?It appears as if a lot of Champ car races such as Toronto are on the outside looking in, which is puzzling because the Toronto Grand Prix was purchased by the owners of Champ Car, and you would think that Toronto would be included but such is not the case. The races that will be moved over to the IRL are Long Beach, Edmonton and Surfer’s Paradise, Australia.
My question are we willing to throw away years of racing tradition at tracks like Toronto, Cleveland, and Laguna Seca, just to name a few? I guess I should no the answer to my own question, because for the last 12 years there has been no tradition in open wheel racing.
Is this the sacrafices we are going to have to make in order to have everyone under one roof? I know that some of you are probably saying Scott, it's only for one year and after everything gets sorted out, Toronto will be back on board. The truth of the matter is, once it's off the calendar for one year what makes you think it will be put back on in years to come?
The picture at the top is of Justin Wilson coming through corner 9 at last years and possibly the last GP of Toronto.
