Not racing, but..... The Dominion Institute is waging a campaign to have a state funeral when the final living World War I veteran passes. There are three of them left. I first received a 'heads up' on this from our western correspondent Robert K. Rooney. Today, there's a front-page piece on this in the Globe & Mail. This is a great idea and a fitting tribute to all of our veterans who gave so much, so that we can have what we have.....
The Sun Papers' Dean McNulty has a piece on Jeff Gordon saying he's too busy to take part in next August's inaugural Busch Series race in Montreal. (NOTE: Dean's piece says the Montreal race is scheduled for July 21-21.... it's actually the Aug. 4 weekend.)
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According to this story in the Toronto Star, the recent SEMA show in Las Vegas was packed with Canadians showing their wares.
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Even though he's already landed a gig for next summer, Patrick Carpentier has reportedly shown up at Phoenix Int'l Raceway looking to make a connection with a Busch team for next season.
From Paddock Talk: "Patrick Carpentier Looking for NASCAR RideFormer CART/Champ Car and IRL IndyCar driver Patrick Carpentier has been spotted in the Phoenix paddock. Though recently signed to race a full schedule for SAMAX Motorsport's No. 11 CITGO Pontiac Riley Daytona Prototype entry in the Grand American series, Carpentier is still trying to hook up with a NASCAR ride.According to the SportingNews, Carpentier is talking to Busch teams about racing a 'handful of Busch races'. One race of course would be NASCAR's first visit North of the border to Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve."
More on Carp. here in this piece on Sporting News.com ""We raced CASCAR (Canadian Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) for just one race and I loved it, so we'll see," Carpentier said. "I'd love to do it. If we could do some races in Busch, and with Montreal coming, you know that would be good."
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