INDYCAR: Boston CEO working on new venue
newly-cancelled street race
will have a replacement before the Indianapolis 500 gets under way."We'd have to come up with something in 10 business days," Casey told RACER.
Replacing Boston on short notice has led Casey's team to look for new venues to keep the September 2-4 date planned for the Verizon IndyCar Series' penultimate round. Although the BGP group focused its efforts on a street race, Casey said he is "opening up all options" to include permanent tracks.
interview with IndyCar CEO Mark Miles
, the Gateway oval near St. Louis, the Watkins Glen road course in upstate New York, and other circuits with previous IndyCar event-hosting experience have come to the fore. Casey wouldn't be drawn on which tracks are on his radar, but insisted that he hasa options. "We've got a couple of different alternatives and I think we can pull it off," he said.Casey also says his promotions team has received positive feedback from the corporate sponsors that were signed for Boston.
"We reached out to our sponsors, and the support has been overwhelmingly in favor to come with us," he added.
Despite the collapse of the Boston Grand Prix, Casey says he's determined to make sure it isn't the final chapter in this street race sage.
"We've put a lot of time and effort here into the race and we don't want our efforts to go for naught, so we're trying to put something new together and that's what we're working towards," he said.
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