Source: Gold Coast Indy 300 Press Office
Gold Coast Indy 300 General Manager Greg Hooton and Chairman Terry Mackenroth will fly to the US this today to finalise a deal to make the iconic Australian event a part of a new era of international open-wheel racing.
The Australian race was confirmed as an important part of the new unified IndyCar Series between the Indy Racing League and the Champ Car World Series.
The Gold Coast event is heading into its 18th year on October 23-26 and had become the crown jewel of the Champ Car World Series.
At this stage the 2008 IndyCar Series consists of 16 race weekends, starting at Miami on March 29 and will grow to 18 with the inclusion of Australia and Edmonton.
IndyCar Series organisers will meet with Hooton and Mackenroth and with Edmonton officials in an effort to make their inclusion in the 2008 championship as seamless as possible.
Existing Champ Car teams will run their 2007 Panoz DP01 chassis for the last time in a one-off race at Long Beach in April on the same weekend as the IRL race at Motegi, Japan and both races will count towards the 2008 IndyCar Series title.
Gold Coast Indy 300 General Manager Greg Hooton and Chairman Terry Mackenroth will fly to the US this today to finalise a deal to make the iconic Australian event a part of a new era of international open-wheel racing.
The Australian race was confirmed as an important part of the new unified IndyCar Series between the Indy Racing League and the Champ Car World Series.
The Gold Coast event is heading into its 18th year on October 23-26 and had become the crown jewel of the Champ Car World Series.
At this stage the 2008 IndyCar Series consists of 16 race weekends, starting at Miami on March 29 and will grow to 18 with the inclusion of Australia and Edmonton.
IndyCar Series organisers will meet with Hooton and Mackenroth and with Edmonton officials in an effort to make their inclusion in the 2008 championship as seamless as possible.
Existing Champ Car teams will run their 2007 Panoz DP01 chassis for the last time in a one-off race at Long Beach in April on the same weekend as the IRL race at Motegi, Japan and both races will count towards the 2008 IndyCar Series title.