OWRS adds Las Vegas date

"We have found it very important to develop a partnership with a superspeedway oval, and we found that in Speedway Motorsports and the Las Vegas Motor Speedway," said OWRS partner Kevin Kalkhoven.

"The addition of a Champ Car World Series event is great news not only for Las Vegas Motor Speedway but also for Las Vegas as a whole," said LVMS GM Chris Powell.

Kalkhoven said the current agreement covers one year only but that the agreement opens the path for future events: "Depending on how things go, we can happily extend this. It's very exciting for us. We love having a superspeedway event on the calendar. We'll see how it goes."

The Las Vegas announcement accounts for one of two remaining open dates on the 2004 Champ Car calendar, although Autosport magazine reports today that the championship is unlikely to include a race in the South Korean capital of Seoul. Champ Car's chairman and VP David Clare refused to deny the event's cancellation following a visit to the city last week.