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TORONTO -- Racing rumors never sleep.

Taking a stroll down pit lane on a beautiful Sunday morning in Toronto, I had a series of conversations in which I was told with great sincerity moments and yards apart that a unification between the two American open-wheel series' is "a done deal" and "completely dead."

I heard that Juan Pablo Montoya will be leaving Formula One to take a ride with former boss Chip Ganassi in the IRL next year and that he will be staying with McLaren-Mercedes or moving back to Team Williams. Turns out they were all wrong. Montoya signed Sunday with Ganassi to drive in NASCAR in 2007.

A little bird, with great glee, jumped up and told me that local favorite Paul Tracy and new teammate A.J. Allmendinger already hate each other and are at each other's throats. Moments later, I saw Tracy and Allmendinger sitting together in the Champ Car paddock, laughing and joking and looking quite comfortable together.

It's not only the number of rumors in auto racing that are amazing, it's also the speed at which they tend to circulate. A new story can pop up at one end of the paddock and be the catalyst for an in-depth discussion at the other end by the time I can walk there -- and I'm a fast walker.

One story I heard this morning that is true is that newlyweds Clare and Sebastien Bourdais are expecting their first child. Clare confirmed that one with a shy smile.

I wish all the rumors were that easy to confirm -- and as pleasant.