Grand Prix Arizona

Grand Prix Arizona

Champ Car race infobox
Name=Grand Prix Arizona
Venue=flagicon|USAflagicon|Arizona Streets of Phoenix
Sponsor= [http://www.grandprixarizona.com/sponsors Sponsors]
First race=never run
First CCWS race=never run
Time = 1hr 45min
Laps=
Previous names=None

The Grand Prix Arizona was a planned annual round of the Champ Car World Series in Phoenix, Arizona, and was going to be an open-wheel race on a temporary street course through downtown Phoenix. The inaugural event was to have taken place from Nov 30 to Dec 1, 2007 and continue annually for at least 5 years. Financial pressures forced the event's sponsors to cancel the inaugural race. cite news|url=http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0828race0828-ON.html|title=Grand Prix Arizona canceled|date=29 August 2007|first=Jahna|last=Berry|publisher=The Arizona Republic]

History

Grand Prix Arizona was owned and organized by local Arizona businessmen Dale Jensen and Bradley Yonover. Yonover and Jensen pitched their idea for bringing the race to downtown Phoenix and won over the support of local leaders, including the Phoenix city council, but had run in to significant opposition from local businesses as well as concerns over noise brought up by Maricopa County sherriff Joe Arpaio, as part of the track passed in front of the department's downtown call center.

The operators of nearby Phoenix International Raceway argued that the event's original planned dates were too close to the Checker Auto Parts 500, a NASCAR race that is a major event for the race track. A compromise to postpone the proposed downtown race eased the fears and PIR officials withdrew their opposition, [cite news|url=http://www.azcentral.com/w2/news/articles.php?start=&from=&articleid=195959&article=&full=1|title=Downtown race close to reality|date=26 September 2006|first=Monica|last=Alonzo-Dunsmoor|publisher=The Arizona Republic] clearing the way for city council approval. A test run of the track held on March 6, 2007, featuring Team Australia drivers Will Power and Simon Pagenaud eased noise concerns and earned the approval of Sherrif Joe Arpaio, apparently clearing the final hurdle to the race. [cite web|url=http://www.champcarworldseries.com/News/Article.asp?ID=11298|title=TEAM AUSTRALIA PARTICIPATES IN PHOENIX NOISE STUDY AS PAGENAUD SCORES SURPRISE SPEEDING TICKET|date=7 March 2007|publisher=Champ Car World Series]

Cancellation

Race organizers experienced difficulties in securing adequate sponsorship for the event in spite of the favorable support from the Phoenix city council. The loss of primary sponsor First Data Independent Sales Fresno early in 2007 left the event with inadequate funding, and organizers were unable to line up a replacement.

Although ticket sales for the event had been underway, Grand Prix Arizona officials announed on August 28 that the inaugural event would be cancelled citing lack of economic viability due to insufficient corporate sponsorship. [ [http://www.champcarworldseries.com/News/Article.asp?ID=12147 Official statements concerning the cancelling of the Grand Prix Arizona] CCWS Retrieved 26 November 2007] Event organizers were offering full refunds to those who had purchased tickets.

The Track

The Downtown Phoenix circuit will be 2.11 miles long and will encompass Chase Field and the US Airways Center, as well as a good portion of the “Downtown Warehouse District.” The circuit will begin on Jefferson Street, go south on 7th Street, head east on Lincoln Street (with some turns), head north on 1st Avenue across a portion of Madison Street and back to Jefferson Street. A unique aspect of the circuit is that pit road is not on the same straightaway as the start/finish line.

ee also

*Phoenix street circuit - the circuit used when the Formula One United States Grand Prix was held in Phoenix from F1|1989 to F1|1991

References

External links

* [http://www.grandprixarizona.com Grand Prix Arizona]
* [http://www.champcar.ws Champ Car World Series]
* [http://www.coppersquare.com Copper Square] - Downtown Phoenix Partnership
* [http://www.coppersquare.com/about/news/447 Phoenix Convention Center]


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