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To   : GEORGE POPE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Wed Jan 05 2022 16:15:00

> Normally it should play any time a Canadian competitor is involved, I'd think.
>
> Maybe no Canadians any more in these events?

There is usually at least one.  There have been as many as 3 or 4 at a
time, I think.  They play the anthems before the race, unlike the Olympics
or Formula 1 where they play it for the winner and/or podium finishers.

So they usually play the anthem of the hosting country, which is almost
always the USA.  Current exceptions being Toronto, and at Detroit where
they used to play both.  They may have only played both during the time
that there was no Toronto event.

> We used to have Indy Vancouver,. but they reclaimed the course & built condos
> nstead. . .

Yes.  I think it was good to have a race out there but, watching it on TV,
it did not look like much of a competitive course most years.  Reminds me
of the Nashville race they had this year... several areas of the course
were barely wide enough for one car to get through!

They also used to have races at Edmonton (airport circuit), Montreal (F1
circuit), and Trois-Riveres (street circuit, for the lower classes).  There
also used to be an oval race at a place called Sanair (I think that is spelled
right!). Interesting track (I think it was more triangular than oval).
Rick Mears had a bad crash there, and they quit racing there sometime shortly
thereafter.

There may have been one other street racing venue that was only on the
calendar a short time.

> I had you figured as a sports fan as you'd be unlikely to hear O Canada  elsew
> e. . . :)
>
> Now you've got me curious. (not always a bad thing, nor good)

I have been in Canada for about a week once, but don't remember ever
hearing the anthem.  I *did* stop by a few museums, including one near a
lighthouse where they were playing an old recording of Winston Churchill
through a period-correct radio.  You could tell it had tubes from how rich
the sound was.  :)

Mike
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