The race will be held on July 22, 2007 source: irl.racing-live.com Indy-style racing will return to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 2007 when the IndyCar Series stages its first event in Ohio on July 22. The new IndyCar Series event will be contested on the 13-turn, 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio course in Lexington, Ohio. "We are thrilled to be adding Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course to the IndyCar Series schedule and look forward to bringing our series to a state rich in motorsports tradition," said Brian Barnhart, president and chief operating officer of the Indy Racing League, the sanctioning body for the IndyCar Series. "Mid-Ohio has a deep championship heritage that connects names like Foyt, Andretti, Rahal, Rutherford, Unser and others with the current stars and teams in the IndyCar Series." Located 60 miles north of Columbus, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course has been called the one of the most competitive circuits in the U.S. and annually hosts a diversity of locally, regionally and nationally sanctioned racing events for amateur, club and professional riders and drivers. The track has a long-time association with American Honda Motor Company, which has Ohio car and motorcycle manufacturing facilities in Marysville, Ohio plus one each in Anna, Ohio and East Liberty, Ohio. The race increases the number of announced road/street course events in '07 to five. "TrueSports, Inc. has a long standing record of hosting the best road racing has to offer," said Michelle Trueman Gajoch, president of TrueSports, Inc., which owns and operates Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
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