ALMS to replace Grand-Am Long Beach

Champ Car President Steve Johnson stated today in Montreal that "it's safe to say we are not doing business with the France family"…….given what happened in Phoenix with Champ Car's efforts to race on the city streets there as well as NASCAR moving into Montreal next year, thereby pushing Champ Car out. He stated that the Long Beach GP group (the race is owned by Champ Car's Kevin Kalkhoven and Gerald Forsythe) are now negotiating with ALMS to replace Grand-Am in Long Beach in 2007.

Now it remains to be seen whether Gerald Forsythe, who is still part owner of the track in Mexico City, now moves to get both the NASCAR Busch Series and the Grand-Am Series removed from Mexico City once those contracts are complete. This bad blood could escalate into an all-out war.