For those interested - Texas IRL to go ahead.

By Paul Kelly
www.indyracing.com
The Chevy 500 Indy Racing Northern Light Series event will take place this weekend with a revised schedule, officials from the Indy Racing League, NASCAR and Texas Motor Speedway announced today.

The season-ending Chevy 500 will start as scheduled at 3:30 p.m. (CDT) Sunday. A practice session from 10-10:30 a.m. will precede the race that day.

Though NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series practice and other Texas Motor Speedway activities will take place Friday, MBNA Pole Qualifying has been canceled. The field will be set by entrant points, according to Indy Racing League rules. 2001 Indy Racing Northern Light Series champion Sam Hornish Jr., who drives for entrant points leader Panther Racing, will start from the pole.

An open Indy Racing practice session will take place from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (CDT) Saturday. The Silverado 350 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race will start as scheduled at 3 p.m. Saturday.

"Our thoughts, prayers and sympathy are with everyone affected by the tragedy Tuesday in New York and Washington," said Tony George, president and CEO of the Indy Racing League. "We will race at Texas with sadness and compassion for those who are suffering across the country and around the world due to these events, and we think that this abbreviated schedule is the proper way to carry on during this very difficult time. President George Bush has kept the offices of government open and has pledged that 'the American economy will be open for business.' In this spirit, we are moving forward."

are there any races which are being cancelled in the US this weekend :rolleyes:

Originally posted by gomick
are there any races which are being cancelled in the US this weekend :rolleyes:

If EVERYTHING is cancelled, then it's just another victory to the terrorists. We must proceed with our daily lives, no matter where we live, to prove to them that this will not hold us down, that we will fight back.

All major series will race but forgoe qualifying.

Originally posted by KC
All major series will race but forgoe qualifying.

Don't think that's the case for Formula 1, and the CART race in Germany has only scrapped Qualifying because it rained today and they had no running.

I apologize, I meant all major American series.

WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Both NASCAR and IRL have been cancelled this weekend. Only F1 and CART going ahead (bit odd)

I thought the IRL might be canned in the end, seems there was something going on in Texas last night.

Once NASCAR decided not to run at Tesas there was no need for the IRL bunch showing up to empty stands. Just an observation as I'm not really intersted.

Thanks to CART and F-1 the top levels of open wheel racing were standing tall to the racing world this weekend.

Congrats Juan!!

Alex! Get back to us.

Old Clunker