By STAN MADDUX
South Bend Tribune Correspondent
LAPORTE -- City officials are not sure what kind of turnout to expect, but plans are being made to accommodate as many as 20,000 people for the first Maple City Grand Prix on Stone Lake.
"There's a big buzz going around the city," said Rick Wright, convention and leisure sales manager for the LaPorte County Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Three days of tunnel boats practicing and racing as fast as 120 mph on Stone Lake begins Friday.
The U.S. Formula 1 Powerboat/Formula 1 PROP Tour has added LaPorte to its schedule of about eight races this year.
