2011 Auto Racing Calendars

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2011 Racing Start Dates

The preseason non-points Budweiser Shootout at Daytona will be on FOX (8:10 p.m. ET on Feb. 12).

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
02/20/2011 Daytona Beach, Fla.

NASCAR Nationwide Series
02/19/2011 Daytona Beach, Fla.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
02/18/2011 Daytona Beach, Fla.

ARCA Racing Series
02/12/2011 Daytona Beach, Fla.


NHRA
02/27/2011 Pomona, Cailf.

Formula One
03/13/2011 Manama, Bahrain

MOTOGP
03/20/2011 Losail, Qatar

IZOD INDYCAR Series
03/27/2011

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Updated Feb 7, 2011

NASCAR officials have released the telecast times for the 2011 Sprint Cup season.

NASCAR on FOX
Mark your calendars now. Coverage of the 2011 Daytona 500 begins Feb. 20 at noon ET on FOX. And don't forget about the Budweiser Shootout on Saturday, Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. ET.

Regular season points races in the Eastern and Central regions of the country will begin at 1 p.m. ET; West Coast events will begin at 3 p.m. ET; and night races will begin at 7:30 p.m. ET with the exception of the Coca-Cola 600, which will begin at 6 p.m. ET May 29 on FOX.

In addition, NASCAR announced new start times for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with six of the first seven races beginning at 2 p.m. ET and the last three races, including the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, beginning at 3 p.m. ET. The Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway is the only night race in the Chase and will begin at 7:30 p.m. ET.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points races will again be seen on either FOX, TNT, ESPN or ABC.

“The 2011 broadcast schedule strikes the right balance between keeping the start times in familiar slots and highlighting the races down the stretch, building more excitement at the end of the season,” said Paul Brooks, senior vice president of NASCAR and president of NASCAR Media Group. “Continuing to raise the profile of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup was also on the top of our list and we believe these new start times for those 10 races will help do just that.”

The preseason non-points Budweiser Shootout at Daytona will be on FOX (8:10 p.m. ET on Feb. 12). In addition, two other non-points events – the Gatorade Duel at Daytona (2 p.m. ET on Feb. 17) and the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (7:30 p.m. ET on May 21 at Charlotte Motor Speedway), will be on SPEED.

FOX will have the first 13 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points races, beginning with the 53rd running of the Daytona 500 (Feb. 20, 1 p.m. ET) and ending with the June 5 race at Kansas Speedway, the first of two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at that track this year.

TNT will have the next six events, beginning with the Pocono 500 at 1 p.m. ET on June 12 at Pocono Raceway and ending with New Hampshire Motor Speedway’s first of two races on July 17 at 1 p.m. ET. In addition, TNT will have the inaugural Kentucky Speedway NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on July 9 at 7:30 p.m. ET.

ESPN and ABC will carry the final 17 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events. ABC will telecast three races, including the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup “cutoff race,” the Richmond 400 on Sept. 10 at 7:30 p.m. ET.

ESPN will telecast 14 races, including the first race of the Chase at Chicagoland Speedway on Sept. 18 at 2 p.m. ET and the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 20 at 3 p.m. ET.

ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 will telecast 33 of the 34 NASCAR Nationwide Series races in 2011. ESPN2 opens the season with the Drive4COPD 300 at 1:15 p.m. ET on Feb. 19 at Daytona International Speedway. ESPN2 will also telecast the season finale Ford 300 on Nov. 19 at Homestead-Miami Speedway (4:30 p.m. ET).

SPEED will air one NASCAR Nationwide Series race in 2011 with the 24th running of the Bubba Burger 250 from Richmond International Raceway on April 29 at 7:30 p.m. ET.

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returns to SPEED for a ninth consecutive season. As was the case last year, SPEED will show the entire 25-race schedule, opening with the NextEra Energy Resources 250 on Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. ET at Daytona.

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2011 NASCAR Cup, Nationwide, Truck schedules
FOX Sports



Updated Jan 11, 2011
2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule (with date and site of race)


Feb. 12, Daytona International Speedway (Budweiser Shootout At Daytona *)
Feb. 13, Daytona 500 Qualifying
Feb. 20, Daytona International Speedway
Feb. 27, Phoenix International Raceway
March 6, Las Vegas Motor Speedway
March 20, Bristol Motor Speedway
March 27, Auto Club Speedway
April 3, Martinsville Speedway
April 9, Texas Motor Speedway
April 17, Talladega Superspeedway
April 30, Richmond International Raceway
May 7, Darlington Raceway
May 15, Dover International Speedway
May 21, Charlotte Motor Speedway (NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race *)
May 29, Charlotte Motor Speedway
June 5, Kansas Speedway
June 12, Pocono Raceway
June 19, Michigan International Speedway
June 26, Infineon Raceway
July 2, Daytona International Speedway
July 9, Kentucky Speedway
July 17, New Hampshire Motor Speedway
July 31, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Aug. 7, Pocono Raceway
Aug. 14, Watkins Glen International
Aug. 21, Michigan International Speedway
Aug. 27, Bristol Motor Speedway
Sept. 4, Atlanta Motor Speedway
Sept. 10, Richmond International Raceway
Sept. 18, Chicagoland Speedway
Sept. 25, New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Oct. 2, Dover International Speedway
Oct. 9, Kansas Speedway
Oct. 15, Charlotte Motor Speedway
Oct. 23, Talladega Superspeedway
Oct. 30, Martinsville Speedway
Nov. 6, Texas Motor Speedway
Nov. 13, Phoenix International Raceway
Nov. 20, Homestead-Miami Speedway
* – Denotes non-point event.

2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Schedule (with date and site of race)


Feb. 19, Daytona International Speedway
Feb. 26, Phoenix International Raceway
March 5, Las Vegas Motor Speedway
March 19, Bristol Motor Speedway
March 26, Auto Club Speedway
April 8, Texas Motor Speedway
April 16, Talladega Superspeedway
April 23, Nashville Superspeedway
April 29, Richmond International Raceway
May 6, Darlington Raceway
May 14, Dover International Speedway
May 22, Iowa Speedway
May 28, Charlotte Motor Speedway
June 4, Chicagoland Speedway
June 18, Michigan International Speedway
June 25, Road America
July 1, Daytona International Speedway
July 8, Kentucky Speedway
July 16, New Hampshire Motor Speedway
July 23, Nashville Superspeedway
July 30, O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis
Aug. 6, Iowa Speedway
Aug. 13, Watkins Glen International
Aug. 20, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal
Aug. 26, Bristol Motor Speedway
Sept. 3, Atlanta Motor Speedway
Sept. 9, Richmond International Raceway
Sept. 17, Chicagoland Speedway
Oct. 1, Dover International Speedway
Oct. 8, Kansas Speedway
Oct. 14, Charlotte Motor Speedway
Nov. 5, Texas Motor Speedway
Nov. 12, Phoenix International Raceway
Nov. 19, Homestead-Miami Speedway

2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule (with date and site)


Feb. 18, Daytona International Speedway
Feb. 25, Phoenix International Raceway
March 12, Darlington Raceway
April 2, Martinsville Speedway
April 22, Nashville Superspeedway
May 13, Dover International Speedway
May 20, Charlotte Motor Speedway
June 4, Kansas Speedway
June 10, Texas Motor Speedway
July 7, Kentucky Speedway
July 16, Iowa Speedway
July 22, Nashville Superspeedway
July 29, O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis
Aug. 6, Pocono Raceway
Aug. 20, Michigan International Speedway
Aug. 24, Bristol Motor Speedway
Sept. 2, Atlanta Motor Speedway
Sept. 16, Chicagoland Speedway
Sept. 24, New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Oct. 1, Kentucky Speedway
Oct. 15, Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Oct. 22, Talladega Superspeedway
Oct. 29, Martinsville Speedway
Nov. 4, Texas Motor Speedway
Nov. 18, Homestead-Miami Speedway

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2011 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Schedule


Date Event Track Length TV


February 12th Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 Daytona Int'l Speedway 200 Miles SPEED Live 4:30 PM ET

April 15th Talladega ARCA 250 Talladega Superspeedway 250 Miles SPEED Live 5:00 PM ET

May 1st Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Salem Speedway 200 Laps

May 15th Toledo ARCA 200 Toledo Speedway 200 Laps

May 22nd New Jersey ARCA 150 New Jersey Motorsports Park 150 Miles

June 4th Chicagoland ARCA 150 Chicagoland Speedway 150 Miles SPEED Live 6:00 PM ET

June 11th Pocono ARCA 200 Pocono Raceway 200 Miles SPEED 2:00 PM ET

June 17th The RainEater Wiper Blades 200 Michigan Int'l Speedway 200 Miles SPEED Live 5:00 PM ET

June 25th Winchester ARCA 200 Winchester Speedway 200 Laps

July 9th Berlin ARCA 200 Berlin Raceway 200 Laps

July 16th Prairie Meadows 200 Iowa Speedway 200 Laps SPEED 5:15 PM ET

July 28th Ansell Protective Gloves 200 Lucas Oil Raceway 200 Laps SPEED Live 7:00 PM ET

August 6th Pennsylvania ARCA 125 Pocono Raceway 125 Miles SPEED Live 3:00 PM ET

August 21st Allen Crowe 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds 100 Miles

August 26th Madison ARCA 200 Madison Int'l Speedway 200 Laps

September 5th Southern Illinois 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds 100 Miles

September 17th Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic by Federated Car Care Salem Speedway 200 Laps

October 7th Kansas ARCA 150 Kansas Speedway 150 Miles SPEED Live 8:30 PM ET

October 16th Toledo ARCA 200 Toledo Speedway 200 Laps SPEED Live 2:00 PM ET

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2011 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Schedule

Date Event Track Length TV

February 12th Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 Daytona Int'l Speedway 200 Miles SPEED Live 4:30 PM ET
April 15th 3 Amigos 250 Talladega Superspeedway 250 Miles SPEED Live 5:00 PM ET
May 1st Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 Salem Speedway 200 Laps
May 15th Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care Toledo Speedway 200 Laps
May 22nd ModSpace 150 New Jersey Motorsports Park 150 Miles
June 4th The Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 150 Chicagoland Speedway 150 Miles SPEED Live 6:00 PM ET
June 11th Pocono ARCA 200 Pocono Raceway 200 Miles SPEED 2:00 PM ET
June 17th The RainEater Wiper Blades 200 Michigan Int'l Speedway 200 Miles SPEED Live 5:00 PM ET
June 25th ARCA 200 presented by Federated Auto Parts Winchester Speedway 200 Laps
July 9th Berlin ARCA 200 Berlin Raceway 200 Laps
July 16th Prairie Meadows 200 Iowa Speedway 200 Laps SPEED 5:15 PM ET
July 28th Ansell Protective Gloves 200 Lucas Oil Raceway 200 Laps SPEED Live 7:00 PM ET
August 6th Pennsylvania ARCA 125 Pocono Raceway 125 Miles SPEED Live 3:00 PM ET
August 21st Allen Crowe 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds 100 Miles
August 26th Herr's Live Life With Flavor 200 Madison Int'l Speedway 200 Laps
September 5th Southern Illinois 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds 100 Miles
September 17th Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic by Federated Car Care Salem Speedway 200 Laps
October 7th Kansas ARCA 150 Kansas Speedway 150 Miles SPEED Live 8:30 PM ET
October 16th Toledo ARCA 200 Toledo Speedway 200 Laps SPEED Live 2:00 PM ET

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Formula 1: Bahrain GP Canceled Due To Civil Unrest

February 21st, 2011

Governments around the world, including Canada and the United States, have issued travel warnings for Bahrain over the past week, citing violence in the streets and a threat of terrorism. Today, Formula 1 met the threat with a decision to cancel its season opening Grand Prix.

According to the Bahrain International Circuit, which hosts the Bahrain GP, "The Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) today announced that the Kingdom of Bahrain would withdraw from hosting this year's F1 Grand Prix race so that the country can focus on its process of national dialogue."

While understating the situation somewhat, it's yet unclear what impact this could have on the F1 season. At the very least it will allow a few more weeks for development and testing before the first points race, which will now fall on the Australian GP, set for the March 25-27 weekend.

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2011 Formula 1 World Championship

Date Race Venue/Winner

1 March 13
Bahrain Bahrain (postponed)

2 March 27
Australia Melbourne

3 April 10
Malaysia Sepang

4 April 17
China Shanghai

5 May 8
Turkey Istanbul

6 May 22
Spain Catalunya

7 May 29
Monaco Monte Carlo

8 June 12
Canada Montreal

9 June 26
Europe Valencia-S

10 July 10
Great Britain Silverstone

11 July 24
Germany Nurburgring

12 July 31
Hungary Hungaroring

13 Aug. 28
Belgium Spa-Francorchamps

14 Sept. 11
Italy Monza

15 Sept. 25
Singapore Singapore

16 Oct. 9
Japan Suzuka

17 Oct. 16
Korea Korea

18 Oct. 30
India Noida

19 Nov. 13
Abu Dhabi Yas Marina

20 Nov. 27
Brazil Interlagos

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2011 IZOD IndyCar Series

Date Race Venue/Winner

1 March 27
St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Fla.

2 April 10 Barber
Barber Motorsports Park, Ala.

3 April 17
Long Beach Long Beach,Calif.

4 May 1
Sao Paulo Sao Paulo, Brazil

5 May 29
Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway

6 June 11
Texas Twin 275s Texas Motor Speedway

7 June 19
Milwaukee Milwaukee Mile

8 June 25
Iowa Iowa Speedway

9 July 10
Toronto Toronto, Ontario

10 July 24
Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta

11 Aug. 7
Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

12 Aug. 14
New Hampshire New Hampshire Speedway

13 Aug. 28
Sonoma Infineon Raceway

14 Sept. 4
Baltimore Baltimore, Md.

15 Sept. 18
Motegi Twin Ring Motegi, Japan

16 Oct. 2
Kentucky Kentucky Speedway

17 Oct. 16
Las Vegas Las Vegas Speedway (tentative)

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2011 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series

Date Race Circuit

1 March 24-27
Winternationals Pomona

2 March 10-13
Gatornationals Gainsville

3 April 14-17
4-wide Nationals
Charlotte

4 April 29-May 1
O'Reilly Spring Nat'ls
Houston

5 May 13-15
Southern Nat'ls
Atlanta

6 May 20-22
Summer Nat'ls
Topeka

7 June 2-5
SuperNatl's
Englishtown

8 June 17-19
Thunder Valley Nat'ls
Bristol

9 June 23-26
Summit Nat'ls
Norwalk

10 July 7-10
Route 66 Nat'ls
Chicagoland

11 July 22-24
Mile High Nat'ls
Denver

12 July 29-31
Sonoma Nat'ls
Infineon Raceway

13 Aug. 5-7
Northwest Nat'ls
Seattle

14 Aug. 18-21
Lucas Oil Nat'ls
Brainerd

15 Aug. 31-Sept. 5
U.S. Nat'ls
Indianapolis

16 Sept. 15-18
O'Reilly Nat's
Charlotte

17 Sept. 22-25
Fall Nat'ls
Dallas

18 Sept. 29-Oct. 2
Auto Plus Nat'ls
Reading

19 Oct. 14-16
Arizona Nat'ls
Phoenix

20 Oct. 27-30
Las Vegas Nat'ls
Las Vegas

21 Nov. 10-13
Auto Club Finals
Pomona

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03/15/2011

Japanese MotoGP rearranged following earthquake and tsunami

• Event had originally be scheduled for next month

• Race will now take place on 2 October




MotoGP riders Hiroshi Aoyama and Loris Capirossi The new MotoGP season is due to get under way in Qatar on Sunday. Photograph: Mohammed Dabbous/Reuters

The earthquake and tsunami in Japan have caused next month's round of the MotoGP world championship to be rearranged for 2 October.

The event was originally scheduled for 24 April at the Motegi circuit 90 miles north of Tokyo, but has been postponed following a request from the promoters to the FIM, the sport's governing body.

The FIM confirmed a combination of the problems caused by the natural disasters and radiation leaks from nuclear plants had caused the race organisers to reschedule.

A volcanic eruption in Iceland and the subsequent chaos caused to air travel forced last year's race to be put back to October.

The new MotoGP season is due to get under way at Losail in Qatar on Sunday when Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo will begin the defence of his title

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2011 MOTORCYCLE ROAD RACING


MARCH

* 18-20 MotoGP Losail, Qatar
* 25-27 World Superbike (SBK) Donington Park, Great Britain

APRIL

* 1-3 MotoGP Jerez, Spain
* 8-10 No Road Racing
* 15-17 World Superbike (SBK) Assen, Holland
* 22-24 MotoGP Motegi, Japan
* 29-1 MotoGP Estoril, Portugal

MAY

* 6-8 World Superbike (SBK) Monza, Italy
* 13-15 MotoGP Le Mans, France & AMA Superbike Infineon, Sonoma, CA
* 20-22 No Road Racing
* 27-29 World Superbike (SBK) Miller, Utah, USA & AMA Superbike Miller, Utah, USA

JUNE

* 3-5 MotoGP Catalunya, Spain & AMA Superbike Road America, WI
* 10-12 MotoGP Silverstone, Great Britain & World Superbike (SBK) Misano, Italy
* 17-19 World Superbike (SBK) Aragon, Spain
* 24-26 MotoGP Assen, Holland

JULY

* 1-3 MotoGP Mugello, Italy
* 8-10 World Superbike (SBK) Brno, Czech Republic & AMA Superbike Mid-Ohio, OH
* 15-17 MotoGP Sachsenring, Germany
* 22-24 MotoGP Laguna Seca, CA, USA & AMA Superbike Laguna Seca, CA
* 29-31 World Superbike (SBK) Silverstone, Great Britain

AUGUST

* 5-7 No Road Racing
* 12-14 MotoGP Brno, Czech Republic & AMA Superbike Virginia, VA
* 19-21 No Road Racing
* 26-28 MotoGP Indianapolis, Indy, USA

SEPTEMBER

* 2-4 MotoGP Misano, Italy & World Superbike (SBK) Nurburgring, Germany & AMA Superbike New Jersey, NJ
* 9-11 No Road Racing
* 16-18 MotoGP Aragon, Spain
* 23-25 World Superbike (SBK) Imola, Italy

OCTOBER

* 30-2 World Superbike (SBK) Magny Cours, France

October 2 Japanese MotoGP The event was originally scheduled for April 24 at the Motegi circuit 90 miles north of Tokyo, but has been postponed following a request from the promoters to the FIM, the sport’s governing body.
Read more: Japanese MotoGP rearranged following earthquake and tsunami | Mail Online

* 7-9 No Road Racing
* 14-16 MotoGP Phillip Island, Australia & World Superbike (SBK) Portimao, Portugal
* 21-23 MotoGP Sepang, Malaysia
* 28-30 No Road Racing

NOVEMBER

* 4-6 MotoGP Valencia, Spain