Boston’s 2016 IndyCar race plan raises cost, noise concerns

BOSTON – Mayor Marty Walsh's bid to host a Labor Day weekend IndyCar race next year ran into some sharp curves today as reports surfaced suggesting taxpayer money will be needed to stage the three-day Grand Prix of Boston, while some neighborhood residents asserted that the race is illegal. The Boston Herald reported that race organizers have met with state and other so-called quasi-public agencies to "hammer out contracts to tap public resources" to help pay for the event, planned in South Bos

BOSTON – Mayor Marty Walsh's bid to host a Labor Day weekend IndyCar race next year ran into some sharp curves today as reports surfaced suggesting taxpayer money will be needed to stage the three-day Grand Prix of Boston, while some neighborhood residents asserted that the race is illegal. The Boston Herald reported that race organizers have met with state and other so-called quasi-public agencies to "hammer out contracts to tap public resources" to help pay for the event, planned in South Bos…