This was my ICS thing, I changed it when I found this out...
(I get all rumors checked out by Jayski.com before I post them)
NASCAR will be meeting with the owner and CEO of Mosport International Raceway to discuss the track and it's possible future. This rumor was confirmed on March 24th, 2005 and slipped through the cracks on TSN.ca. Mosport's road circuit is a 12 turn, 2.5 mile track (can you say a 250 mile race? 100 laps sounds about right...) that features both fast and slow corners, several tight apexes, smooth, slightly hilly racing and a straightaway longer than the start and finish straight. NASCAR deemed it the more logical choice of a circuit over both Montreal's Circuit du Gilles Villeneuve and Toronto's Molson Indy street courses.
Toronto's course = hardly any passing, more wrecks than passes. Drivers have died at Indy Toronto because of bad passing.
Montreal's course = hard on engine packages, see F1 for more details.
Mosport's course = fun for the whole family, which is what NASCAR is all about!
More news about this will be entered as soon as I hear about it. RaceLine Radio has already done an expose about the rumor of NASCAR in Canada with a 30 minute interview with Kevin Harvick and Ron Fellows. Let's just say Mosport is very happy to say it's a Corvette loving track, and Ron Fellows is exceptionally talented there. Turns 1 and 10 will remind you all of being similar to Watkin's Glen, I assure you they will not if you see NASCAR there. The hills on Watkin's Glen make turn 1 an issue, turn 2 at Mosport is NOT as issue turn. Turns 5a, 5b, and 5c are the issue turns.
Mosport's track map:
http://www.mosport.com/trackmap.htm 
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