MONTREAL — NASCAR racing arrived in Montreal in 2007 with throaty, angry 700-horsepower engines roaring beneath the heavily decalled hoods of 43 cars.
These machines banged and hammered memorably off each other for six years, through heat and torrential rains with their radiators hissing, crushed sheet metal flapping, and occupants' tempers flaring.
On Friday, NASCAR left town as loudly as a car coasting out of gas, the race promoter surrendering his rights to an event when it became clear to him that he'd forever take a financial bath on it.
NASCAR's Nationwide Series NAPA 200 will not return to Montreal, the governing body and local promoter François Dumontier parting ways.