Filed under: Motorsports Racing fans who enjoyed the spectacle of open-wheel single-seaters racing around Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and past Camden Yards where the Orioles and the Ravens play may be disheartened to read of the latest developments. But take heart: it ain’t over, they say, until the fat lady sings, and in this case she appears only to have taken a brief intermission. The future of the Baltimore Grand Prix (an IndyCar race, not to be confused with Formula 1 grands prix that typically take the host country’s, not the host city’s name) has been in jeopardy for several months now. As with many things, the issue boiled down to money: while most communities support such racing events financially with public funds, the organizers of the Baltimore Grand Prix were expected to remunerate the city to the tune of $1.5 million.

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