According to the Edmonton Journal, the IndyCar series will lose one of its most popular venues after the municipal government voted funding for changes to the track out.
Although its future seem to be secure with the arrival of the Montreal base Octane Management organisation, the deal collapsed when the city of Edmonton declined to contribute to the costs of the revised circuit layout that was planned.
Those changes, estimated at between $2 and $3 millions, were asked in order for the airport to have at least one runaway opened all year round
IndyCar's commercial boss Terry Angstadt stated that IndyCar would now work with Octane president Francois Dumontier to find a new Canadian venue, though this would be for 2012 rather than next season.
"There are a number of locations that might be good," said Angstadt. "We don't want to fill a date with a marginal event.
There are some venues that have been talked about. Vancouver, which used to be included in the CART championship calendar, is a possibility as well as Calgary.
Although its future seem to be secure with the arrival of the Montreal base Octane Management organisation, the deal collapsed when the city of Edmonton declined to contribute to the costs of the revised circuit layout that was planned.
Those changes, estimated at between $2 and $3 millions, were asked in order for the airport to have at least one runaway opened all year round
IndyCar's commercial boss Terry Angstadt stated that IndyCar would now work with Octane president Francois Dumontier to find a new Canadian venue, though this would be for 2012 rather than next season.
"There are a number of locations that might be good," said Angstadt. "We don't want to fill a date with a marginal event.
There are some venues that have been talked about. Vancouver, which used to be included in the CART championship calendar, is a possibility as well as Calgary.