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The 15th out of 16 scheduled races for this year’s Verizon Indycar Series has been scratched from the calendar due to local opposition regarding the event. The Indycars were set to race around an 11-turn street course in the Boston seaport district on Sunday, September 4th, but that race will no longer go on. The speeds would have reached up to 170 miles per hour on these streets, and averaged they would have averaged around 85 miles per hour around the course.
This event cancellation leaves the series with just 15 races this season, which is their lowest total since racing just 15 events back in 2012. It makes the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono raceway the penultimate event of the series for the 2nd consecutive season. There has not been any information as to when a replacement event will be run, or whether or not one will even be scheduled.
-Asher Fair
SportsPress 