The return of the Detroit Grand Prix!
I never got to go to the Detroit Grand Prix as a kid and then they stopped having the race all together. They used to race through the streets of Detroit, which I am sure we will never see again, and then they moved to Belle Isle in Detroit. The Detroit City Council just approved a 5 year contract with Roger Penske to bring the race back to Belle Isle! I can’t wait until tickets go on sale!
Here is the information from the Associated Press:
Racing Returning to Belle IsleBy Associated Press
February 15, 2007
The Detroit City Council approved a contract Thursday that will return a major car race to the nation’s motor capital after a five-year absence.The council approved a five-year contract with the nonprofit Downtown Detroit Partnership, chaired by racing legend Roger Penske, to organize the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press reported.
The Labor Day weekend races will mark Detroit’s return to the Grand Prix circuit for the first time since 2001.
The American Le Mans Series, which features several classes of sports cars including Corvettes, will debut Sept. 1. The Indy Racing League will compete in the Grand Prix on Sept. 2.
The races are to held on Detroit’s Belle Isle, an island park east of downtown on the Detroit River.
After the 20th Detroit Grand Prix ran in 2001 on Belle Isle, a contract between Championship Auto Racing Teams and promoter International Management Group expired.
