The USF2000 National Championship today released its 14-race 2012 schedule.
While the number of races is higher in 2012, the championship will be run over seven weekends; a nice move by officials to reduce travel expenses for both teams and drivers. Factoring in the Winterfest, drivers will have the opportunity to compete in 20 USF2000 races in 2012.
Here’s a look at the current schedule:
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Sebastian Ordonez (86) and Trent Hindman (36) bring the field to the green flag for Round 13 of the 2011 National Championship at Autobahn County Club in Joliet, Ill. (Photo: Kelly Brouillet)
Skip Barber Racing released its 2012 Formula Skip Barber Summer Series schedule today. The calendar features 10 doubleheader race weekends at eight venues.
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Indy Lights cars are lined up post-qualifying at Iowa Speedway. (Photo: Ryan - JuniorOpenWheelTalent.com)
INDYCAR released the 12-race 2012 Firestone Indy Lights schedule earlier this week. One event in mid-October is yet to be named.
The current release has eight venues returning from 2011, but drops the Milwaukee Mile, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and Kentucky Speedway. A few new additions have been added.
On June 2-3, the Series will run at Raceway at Belle Isle Park. On July 21-22 — midway through the Canadian stops — drivers will compete at Edmonton City Centre Airport. Then, on Sept. 15, teams will make the haul to Fontana Speedway in California for the first time in seven years.
The schedule is split between road courses, street circuits, and ovals. Here’s how it breaks down.
- 63.6% – Street Circuits (including Edmonton)
- 9.0% – Road Courses
- 27.3% – Ovals
*excluding the yet-to-be-named event in October.
The current list is certainly street-circuit heavy, but that’s not a bad thing. Drivers have less (or zero) opportunity to do pre-event testing on those tracks, which should help level the playing field. Additionally, street circuits tend to provide additional challenges for drivers and engineers (surface paint, bumps, manhole covers, surface oils, less run-off area, etc.) which, in theory, requires more of the driver in terms of feedback and adaptability.
Hit the jump to see the 2012 Firestone Indy Lights schedule.
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The 2012 Ontario Formula Ford Championship schedule was announced this morning. The Series — recently renamed the Toyo Tires F1600 Championship — will feature 14 races over seven stops at three venues.
2012 Toyo Tires F1600 Championship Schedule
May 5-6 Mosport International Raceway
May 26-27 Shannonville Motorsports Park
June 30-July 1 Mosport
July 21-22 Mosport
Sept. 1-2 Calabogie Motorsports Park
Sept. 15-16 Mosport
Sept. 29-30 Mosport
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For those missing the Atlantic Championship cars, all is not lost. Not completely.
The Atlantic Championship Series will be launched in 2012 by Formula Race Promotions with sanctioning from SCCA Pro Racing. The new series will be open to SCCA-legal Formula Atlantic cars and will run a six-race championship with stops at Road Atlanta, New Jersey Motorsports Park, and Summit Point.
2012 Atlantic Championship Schedule
- May 10-12 Road Atlanta
- June 29-July 1 NJMP
- August 24-26 Summit Point
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The F1600 Formula F Championship Series revised its 2012 schedule today, dropping the May 10-12 Road Atlanta stop from the tentative list. The Georgia event was removed at the request of team owners and drivers looking to reduce costs. The Series will now run 12 races at six venues.
The updated F1600 schedule can be found below.
April 14 – 15: VIRginia International Raceway (with Historics)
May 25 – 26: Lime Rock Park (with TransAm)
June 30 – July 1: New Jersey Motorsports Park (with ARCA and TransAm)
July 28 – July 29: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (with SCCA)
August 25 – 26: Summit Point (with CCS Motorcycle Racing)
October 13 – 14: Watkins Glen International (with Historics)
The Star Mazda Championship announced its 18-race schedule for 2012 this morning. Several events will be run with the IndyCar Series, presenting drivers with an opportunity to shine under the watchful eyes of IndyCar team owners and fans alike.
The tentative schedule — which will run over the course of 10 weekends – currently has two events yet to be announced; one on June 22-24 and the other in October. The preliminary schedule consists of two road courses, five street courses, and one oval.
Make the jump to see the full Star Mazda schedule for 2012.
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It was announced this morning that Monaco will no longer be on the 2011 GP3 schedule. Apparently it was decided that there just isn’t enough time to fit in the GP3 race.
This is a pretty big loss for the Series as well as for race fans attending Monaco.
GP3 officials have added an additional two-day test — with the venue and date to be announced in the coming weeks — to the 2011 calendar in an effort to provide the drivers with more seat time. The championship will now be run over eight rounds.
See the updated schedule below…
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Skip Barber Racing has released its 2011 National Championship schedule. The new calendar features seven double-race weekends.
2011 Skip Barber National Championship Schedule
- March 16-18: Sebring International Raceway
- April 29-May 1: Virginia International Raceway
- May 27-30: Lime Rock Park
- July 1-3: Road America
- July 21-23: Road Atlanta
- Aug. 11-13: Lime Rock Park
- Sept. 9-11: Autobahn
- Oct. 6-8: Lime Rock Park
You can read the official release from Skip Barber Racing here.
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The 2011 Indy Lights schedule was released earlier this month. The new calendar features twelve races with a few new additions and a return to the historic Milwaukee Mile.
New additions include Trois-Rivières, Baltimore and the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
The Indy Lights series will headline the GP3R event in Quebec, but will be joined by Star Mazda, a part of the Road to Indy ladder system.
Here’s how it breaks down:
- 50% ovals
- 41.67% temporary street circuits
- 8.33% permanent road courses
As a whole, the schedule looks really good. At first glance it appears heavy on the temporary street circuits, but the venues chosen are excellent.
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