2010 IndyCar Series Schedule Released
By Andrew Cutler
August 1 2009
The Indy Racing League has released their 2010 race schedule for the IndyCar Series. The seventeen event calendar includes eight street/road course races, eight oval races and one yet to be decided. A couple of venues that had become staples of the series have given way to new tracks.
The season will open on March 14 in Brazil, at the venue yet to be determined (the safe $ is on this being a road/street race). Then it is back to the States for races at St. Petersburg FL, Birmingham AL (Barber Motorsports Park) and Long Beach CA.
Next up will be a stint of ovals; Kansas, Indianapolis, Texas & Iowa. This will be followed by five road/street veunes; Watkins Glen, Toronto, Edmonton, Mid-Ohio & Sonoma/Infineon. The season will wrap up with another set of ovals; Chicagoland, Kentucky, Motegi (Japan) and Homestead-Miami.
Gone from the schedule are the ovals at Milwaukee (which shut it's doors last month) & Richmond, as well as the street race at Detroit, which had been canceled for this year due to the economic climate.
"We couldn't be more pleased with the diversity of the schedule as it will help us maintain a championship tradition that has been exciting for both competitors and fans," noted IRL president of competition, Brian Barnhart. "The 2010 schedule keeps in-line with our goal to create a championship that requires drivers and teams to master a variety of tracks over the course of the season, and hopefully once again see our title battle come down to the final race of the year."
There is no word as of yet as to the 2010 schedule for the Firestone Indy Lights Series. I will post it when it becomes available.
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Mid-Ohio
As of today, they have not yet updated it to include info on their 2010 events.
I went to the IndyCar weekend there in '08, & I really enjoyed the facility - although it not the best circut for IndyCars to make on-track passes. I had a three day general admission pass, which also included a bleacher seat ticket for Sunday. I recommend that you bring a lawn chair & get an infield spot (first come, first served) with a good view of "the esses" on race day.
Make sure that you spend some time on Fri or Sat over at "thunder valley": There is a spot where you can stand just a few feet from the cars as they go by!
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2009:10:27:15:18:14 by IndyAndy.