First the IRL is going to Aussie Land to race on Oct. 26, 2008

Now for the 2009 Schedule . . .

Date Location Venue

Sunday, April 5 Streets of St. Petersburg 1.8-mile street course

Sunday, April 19 Streets of Long Beach 1.968-mile street course

Sunday, April 26 Kansas Speedway 1.5-mile oval

Sunday, May 24 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2.5-mile oval

Sunday, May 31 The Milwaukee Mile 1.0-mile oval

Saturday, June 6* Texas Motor Speedway 1.5-mile oval

Sunday, June 21 Iowa Speedway .875-mile oval

Saturday, June 27* Richmond International Raceway .75-mile oval

Sunday, July 5 Watkins Glen International 3.4-mile road course

Sunday, July 12 Streets of Toronto 1.721-mile street course

Sunday, July 26 EdmontonCityCentreAirport 1.973-mile airport course

Saturday, August 1* Kentucky Speedway 1.5-mile oval

Sunday, August 9 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2.258-mile road course

Sunday, August 23 Infineon Raceway 2.245-mile road course

Saturday, August 29* Chicagoland Speedway 1.5-mile oval

Sunday, September 6 The Raceway at BelleIslePark 2.906-mile street course

Saturday, September 19 Twin Ring Motegi 1.5-mile oval

Sunday, October 11 Homestead-Miami Speedway 1.5-mile oval



* Denotes Night race Schedule Subject to Change

End of April through June = all ovals and two short tracks back-to-back. No Road America, Barbers, Cleveland, Road Atlanta, Michigan(oval). I hope for better attendance in 2009 and some additional tracks in 2010.

 

Ummm, Evil_Capri: Exactly where does this tie-in with the topic "Ford & Mustang Motorsports"???

 

Umm . . . Eights . . . I view and manage this section of TMS as an active and comprehensive "Motorsports" section. Thus, I place many topics that may not deal directly with FMC into this section.

 

too bad no Cleveland, i love that race.

 

yeah, turn 1 is always exciting

I am really glad to see so many road courses!

 

That sucks...............NO race at Barber's.

 

Not in '09.....just wait....2010 may be the golden year

 

A slight improvement over this year, but still a work in progress. They're still working on getting Surfer's added to the schedule. They want to pair that up with Motegi to save on the cost of shipping the cars across the Pacific. That one's complicated by the fact that they co-headline with the Aussie V-8s, and getting those schedules to sync up.

I'd expect to see the schedule further improved in the next few years as various track's contracts come up for renewal. I think a doubleheader with ALMS at Road America would be huge. I'd love to see them come back to Cleveland, possibly with ALMS, but not at the expense of Mid-Ohio's date, and not on the same weekend that GA is at Mid-O. I'd also love to see them come back to MIS, despite my misgiving about ISC, but I think it would be a choice between that and Detroit, which is Penske's baby. I'm not sure that Barber's would be a good track for them. Don't get me wrong, it's a beautiful facility, but better suited to motorcycles than big open wheel cars. Road Atlanta would be awesome, though. Maybe as a support race for Petit?

 

Barber stats:
2.38 miles long
45’ wide
16 turns, most of which are flowing
80’ of elevation change

They run GAC and Koni Challenge cars there, and yeah its tight, they built the track to run cars on it. IRL has tested there I believe last year. Id love to see it personally.

I also heard a rumor that they may extend the track??? Or maybe someone was talking about a different track and I am just not remembering correct.

 

Evil_Capri: Why not open an "Other Racing" topic, or some title that indicates this is a topic about classes of racing where Mustangs probably won't be found on the starting grid (open-wheeled events, Top Fuel events, and a few others...)? It doesn't have to be done that way, of course, but since the other topics are pretty specifically delineated it would be consistent with the organization level of the site to go this way...

But then again, WTF...

 

 

They did testing at Barbers and liked it....they reached 190mph by the end of the front straight!

Here is an interview with drivers regarding the track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfL6TdqVXDI

 

I had no idea that some select general motorsports threads were so upsetting to select TMS members. I will make a suggestion to either change the title of the section to 'FMC/Mustang & Other Motorsports' or ask for yet another section so the select few who participate in the section can have a place to post topics not specifically related to FMC and Mustangs.

That interesting, huh?

 

I just thought it was funny that he was arguing with you still after you identified yourself and the prosiding mod over the section...I was just anticipating your next move...lol

 

I love watching IRL, especially the street circuits. Plus, I'm on the edge of my seat for the next round with Danica and Milko.

 

I don't see anything wrong with voicing one's opinion. That's what makes this a great forum. There is merit to Eight's concern, but I'm not sure enough to designate another section. A simple name change may be the solution or an understanding and acceptance of the current format.

 

Jason just tell me what i need to do. Im to lazy to figure it out on my own