IRL ready to grab Champ Car Milwaukee date

UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. The Milwaukee Mile will return to tradition next spring, hosting the drivers and teams of the Indianapolis 500 in the following weekend. An announcement by track and Indy Racing League officials is scheduled for Thursday in downtown Milwaukee. The race will be on Sunday June 3rd.

06/14/06 IRL sources tell us that the series is ready to make Milwaukee their weekend after the Indy 500 race as soon as Champ Car drops Milwaukee from its schedule. Through 1995 Milwaukee was always the weekend after the Indy 500. After the horrible attendance for the recent Champ Car race at Milwaukee, it's doubtful the race will appear on the 2007 schedule, and if it does, it should be the week of the Wisconsin State Fair in August at the fairgrounds so Champ Car can make it into one of their "city festivals" that they tout. We expect that if the IRL gets the Champ Car date in Milwaukee it will draw a good crowd.