gonna set my soul on fire… Apparently not anymore though.
At least I was there to see it in all it’s glory, with all it’s potential. What a fucking awesome track. Seriously. Fault the race for other things surely, but that track was world class. Kudos again to Chris Kniefel for his design and execution.
Blow all the pretty pink smoke up my ass you see fit, but this sucks.
It sucks that two races that steadily improved both on track and in popularity got axed (Denver/San Jose) and now another one with huge potential falls away. (that would be 3 North American races, in major markets, with easy access gone btw)
a race in Spain huh?
Gee ya think Oriol will get signed on for the whole season this time or will he be the “token Spaniard” who gets tagged in two races prior, replacing some poor ride buyer or long time friend who’s value is only measured on paper rather than on track. Or maybe he’ll get the Jan Heylen treatment, brought in mid-season dangled like a carrot and pimped out for his home race, then dumped when no longer useful. Wonder if the Belgium race was off the schedule before or after Jan got kicked to the curb… hmmmm
Anyway… here is the speculated 2008 schedule that arrived in my inbox earlier:
(I was gonna sit on this, but it appears to be leaking around the internet faster than water through a colander, so fuck it. Let’s talk about it)
Long Beach, CA………………..April 18-20, 2008
Houston, TX…………………..April 25-27, 2008
Laguna Seca, CA ………………May 18-20, 2008
Nurburgring, Germany…………..June, 2008
Spain………………………..June, 2008
Cleveland, Ohio……………….June 20-22, 2008
Mt. Tremblant, Canada………….June 29-July 1, 2008
Toronto, Canada……………….July 4-6, 2008
Edmonton, Canada………………July 18-20, 2008
Elkhart Lake, WI………………August 8-10, 2008
Assen, Holland………………..September 12-14, 2008
Dubai, UAE……………………October, 2008
Surfers Paradise, Australia.. ….October 24-26, 2008
Mexico City, Mexico……………November 7-9, 2008
I have also heard that Portland is still a possibility. (I guess somebody finally wised up and discovered it’s better to announce the addition of a race to the schedule rather than announce the cancellation (or rather just stay silent until the date actually passes and the race doesn’t happen *cough* China *cough*)
EDIT: Now it appears that Germany & Dubai are gone, but Portland and Zolder are back according to Oreo on ESPIN: http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?seriesId=5&id=3094932
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
So... here's what I'm thinking... 