IndyCar Cancels Friday Markham Sessions Over Track Safety, Delaying Canada’s Only Race Until Saturday
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Updated · Global News · Aug 14
IndyCar Cancels Friday Markham Sessions Over Track Safety, Delaying Canada’s Only Race Until Saturday
3 articles · Updated · Global News · Aug 14
Summary
Friday’s on-track action at the Honda Indy Markham was scrapped after IndyCar said the newly resurfaced temporary street circuit would not be safe for cars until Saturday at the earliest.
Saturday’s schedule will be revised to absorb the missed sessions, while organizers said Sunday race practice can proceed only once the course is deemed safe.
Fans who turned up for the traditional Free Fan Friday waited hours without seeing cars on track, prompting an apology from organizers.
The disruption deepens a rough debut for Markham’s first IndyCar weekend after earlier delays tied to incomplete construction, including unfinished safety fencing, bridges and timing cables.
The event marks IndyCar’s first Canadian stop outside Toronto’s longtime waterfront venue, on a new circuit bounded by Kennedy Road, Enterprise Boulevard, the Unionville GO tracks and Highway 407.