Series wants more overseas

Speaking at the Monterrey round of the Champ Car World Series, Kalkhoven said: "It's our intention to have a 2005 schedule out by September which will continue to expand internationally and, hopefully, add some interesting new things in the United States. In that respect, we are well ahead of where we normally would be. It's pretty solid, but we have a few more things to nail down.

"We can no longer in the motor racing world just have races," Kalkhoven
added. "Unless we've got promoters and cities and government organisations prepared to back these events and turn them into what we have here in Monterrey, just having a race for the sake of having a race doesn't interest me, and it doesn't do anything for anybody."

Kalkhoven also said that the series plans to retain its current chassis and
engine format until at least 2006. "We're going to keep the same package for
2005 because the teams need to know that the equipment they have will still
be good," Kalkhoven said. "We're exploring some options for '06, but I don't
want to stir up any speculation by talking about something that isn't
finalised."