My usually accurate grapevine says less than 10,000 tickets sold.
BARC-OC who have always organized the volunteers and supplied many were not contacted until relatively recently. They will not be doing as much as usual. Latest word I have is AGR have still not signed a contract with them. There are less perks than usual. No party and no free passes for family. Lunch, shirts and hats supplied.
The support events are Indy Lites, CTCC (CDN. Touring Car Championship), Group70 (semi vintage) with 40 entries and drifting. The Group70 cars are in many cases not really driven hard as the owners figure them too valuable. There are some who really go at it though. I have seen them several times. The very fast Versace Subarus have withdrawn from the CTCC series because of a rules dispute.
Except for Group70 the local racers are shut out.
A rather skimpy support group of events.
The very popular Cdn.Tire NASCAR (formerly CASCAR) series is racing in Quebec with Jacques Villeneuve entered. They were always a hit (in more ways than one) with the Toronto crowd.
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