which they won't because of the Versus TV deal and the anticipated plunge in TV ratings.

According to this SPEEDTV.com article the following drivers may be on the sidelines next year:

Justin Wilson appears to be out of a ride at Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing.

Will Power will almost certainly be out because of the loss of the Surfers race.

Power's KV Racing teammate Oriol Servia has no sponsor as well.

With the fallacy of ethanol finally rearing its ugly head, Ryan Hunter-Reay's ethanol sponsorship is on this ice.

Throw in Paul Tracy, Bruno Junqueira, Tomas Scheckter and Darren Manning and the IndyCar grid could be down to 18 cars again in 2010.

Surfers race to be dubbed 'Gold Coast 300'Prepare the green and the gold -- next year's Surfers Paradise motorsport event, dubbed the 'Gold Coast300' for now, could be the most patriotic yet, on and off the track.

A1 Grand Prix organizers yesterday promised fans they would not be disappointed by the transition from Indy cars to A1 open-wheelers and revealed plans to smash Indy's on-track and off-track records to cement next year's inaugural race carnival as one of the top international motorsport events.

The 2009 event will look different, with Indy's trademark big-name clashes scrapped, but organizers said the racing series, touted as the 'world cup of motorsport', would deliver patriotic battles between competitive nations.

Former Indy general manager Greg Hooton, who will now manage the Gold Coast 300, said the event would follow the Gold Coast tradition of open-wheelers and V8s but with the added spice of country versus country competition.

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