Indycar Goes To Japan

The United States-based PPG Indy Car World Series, already with races in Canada, Australia and Brazil, announced Tuesday it will add a spring event in Japan beginning in 1998.

The Japanese race, on a date still to be determined, will take place at Honda’s new Twin Ring Motegi track about 80 miles north of Tokyo. The 500-kilometer (312-mile) event will be held on the facility’s 1.5-mile low-banked oval. The track can seat 132,000 spectators.

Andrew Craig, president of IndyCar, made the announcement of a three-year agreement, along with Osamu Kobayashi, president of Twin Ring Motegi Co., Ltd.