Q:
Gentlemen, it's great to have you all. Tony, if you could, start us off and let everyone know why we're here today.

Tony George:
Good morning, and thank you for joining us today to confirm what has already been announced by some of you in the media, and that is our intention to field a third Vision entry at Edmonton for Paul Tracy. We're very excited about that opportunity, and I want to thank all those who helped make this possible, starting with the Indy Racing League, but also Derrick Walker Racing, who has been really great to work with; Paul, who is excited, I believe, about this opportunity; and, lastly, but very importantly, the promoters up in Edmonton, Northlands, represented here by Mark. It's through everyone's effort that we were able to pull this together on short notice.

Derrick first approached me about his desire to put something together several weeks ago. And that was a great idea. I wanted to lend whatever support I could to that effort. As time started slipping away, it became more challenging and I wanted to still try and do what I could to help make that possible. And so we were able to come up with a different scenario that really brings us here today. And Vision is very happy to be part of it. It goes without saying that this year is all about looking forward.

From the very beginning of the season, we've been presented with a great opportunity fraught with great challenge. We've all been putting in the extra hours, doing whatever it takes, whatever way possible to take the opportunity that's been presented with the unification and really make the most of it in 2008. So, while this is not a perfect scenario by any means, it is a great opportunity to get Walker Racing and Paul Tracy a part of the 2008 season, in an initial way, and hopefully it will grow into something more.

One more thing. I nearly forgot. This would not be possible without a really great sponsor that has come on board - but I think I'll hold off on that for just a minute.

Q:
That's a nice little tease. So stay tuned for the sponsor announcement.

Paul, we've talked about your record and obviously the fact that you have had to sit on the sidelines for much of the season. The last time we had an opportunity to talk to you was at the Long Beach Grand Prix, the final Champ Car World Series event. I think you started eleventh and finished fifth there.

There has been a lot of uncertainty at the time. I knew you were kind of disappointed about the fact you weren't going to be in a car. Could you talk a little bit about the fact, after sitting and watching for a few weeks, you now get the chance to race again.

Paul Tracy:
Well, for sure, it's been a frustrating year, but it's also given me the opportunity to spend a lot of time with my family, which has been something that's been difficult to do over the last 20 years of my racing career, as my whole focus of my everyday life was always around what we had to do with the race car.

But, you know, we went to Long Beach. It was my final race for Champ Car and my final race for Gerry Forsythe. And, at that point, really all the options for me to do something with an IRL team or a transitional team to the IRL, there was nothing on the table at that point.

So I really just had to sit and wait for the right opportunity and had conversations with Derrick throughout that time since April until now. We've been working. He's been working diligently trying to put together a programme for this year and possibly moving on towards next year.