Strange old weekend for open wheel racing in America

Open wheel racing in America, this weekend ensures one of its last weekends apart.

Due to contractual obligations, the old CHAMP Car series was required to run the Long Beach Grand Prix this weekend. However the IRL was tied to a deal to race in Japan at Motegi.

So the two Aussie's in the series find themselves racing apart again. Will Power is with KV Racing at Long Beach and Ryan Briscoe is in Japan.

Power has qualified 10th for the Long Beach Grand Prix and Briscoe will start from 15th. Rain saw the qualifying session washed out and the grid was determined by the last practive session.