The new 2012 schedule for the SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge Series has been released:

Mar 23 – 25, 2012: Streets of St. Petersburg
Apr 13 – 15, 2012: Streets of Long Beach
Apr 27 – 29, 2012: Miller Motorsports Park
May 10 – 11, 2012: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Jun 01 – 03, 2012: Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix
Jun 22 – 24, 2012: Mosport International Raceway
Aug 03 – 05, 2012: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Aug 24 – 26, 2012: Infineon Raceway

A more detailed version of the schedule can be found at:
2012 World Challenge Schedule

The 2012 schedule for the IZOD IndyCar Series has just been released. Here’s a listing of next year’s scheduled events:

March 25, 2012: Honda Grand Prix Of St. Petersburg on the Streets of St. Petersburg
April 1, 2012: Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park
April 15, 2012: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on the Streets of Long Beach
April 29, 2012: Sao Paulo Indy 300 on the Streets of Sao Paulo
May 27, 2012: Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
June 3, 2012: Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix on the Streets of Belle Isle
June 9, 2012: Firestone 550 at Texas Motor Speedway
June 15, 2012: Milwaukee IndyFest
June 23, 2012: Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa Speedway
July 8, 2012: Honda Indy Toronto on the Streets of Toronto
July 22, 2012: Edmonton Indy on the Streets of Edmonton
August 5, 2012: Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
August 18, 2012: Streets of Qingdao
August 26, 2012: Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma at Infineon Raceway
September 2, 2012: Baltimore Grand Prix on the Streets of Baltimore
September 15, 2012: Auto Club Speedway

For a more detailed view of this schedule, feel free to visit our 2012 Schedule of the IZOD IndyCar Series page.

The 2012 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters schedule has just been released. Included in it are races to be held in Germany, England, Austria, the Netherlands, and Spain. Many of the same tracks will be seeing DTM series action again in 2012, but the dates have been swapped around for several of the races.

Here’s a quick look:

April 22nd – Präsentation Wiesbaden, Germany
April 29th – Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg, Germany
May 6th – Lausitzring, Germany
May 20th – Brands Hatch, England
June 3rd – Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria
July 1st – Norisring, Germany
July 15th – Showevent Olympiastadion München, Germany
August 19th – Nürburgring, Germany
August 26th – Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands
September 16th – Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Germany
September 30th – Valencia, Spain
October 21st – Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Grand-Am has also released the 2012 schedule for their Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Series. Here’s a quick look at the schedule of events:

January 6 – 8, 2012: January Test Days at Daytona International Speedway
January 26 – 27, 2012: BMW Performance 200 At Daytona at Daytona International Speedway
March 29 – 31, 2012: Barber 200 at Barber Motorsports Park
April 27 – 28, 2012: Kia 200 at Homestead Miami Speedway
May 11 – 13, 2012: B+ HEROES 200 presented by BCKSTGR at New Jersey Motorsports Park
June 8 – 9, 2012: EMCO Gears Classic at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
June 22 – 23, 2012: Road America
June 29 – July 1, 2012: Continental Tire 150 at Watkins Glen International – Long Course
July 6 – 7, 2012: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Test
July 27 – 27, 2012: Super Weekend at The Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
September 7 – 9, 2012: Continental Tire Sports Car Festival Powered by Mazda at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
September 28 – 30, 2012: Lime Rock Park

For a more detailed look at the schedule, feel free to read our full Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge: 2012 Schedule.

The dates for the 2012 Grand-Am Rolex Series have been released. Here’s a quick look:

January 6 – 8, 2012: Roar Before the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway
January 26 – 29, 2012: Rolex 24 At Daytona at Daytona International Speedway
March 29 – 31, 2012: Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsports Park
April 27 – 29, 2012: Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead Miami Speedway
May 11 – 13, 2012: Global Barter 250 at New Jersey Motorsports Park
June 1 – 2, 2012: Chevrolet GRAND-AM 200 at Belle Isle Park
June 8 – 9, 2012: EMCO Gears Classic at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
June 22 – 23, 2012: Road America
June 29 – July 1, 2012: Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International – Long Course
July 6 – 7, 2012: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Test
July 27 – 27, 2012: Super Weekend at The Brickyard
August 10 – 11, 2012: Watkins Glen International – Short Course
August 17 – 18, 2012: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
September 7 – 9, 2012: Continental Tire Sports Car Festival Powered by Mazda at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
September 28 – 29, 2012: Lime Rock Park

For a more detailed schedule, please take a look at our Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series: 2012 Schedule page.

A list of events have been released for the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Here’s what next season has in store:

February 18, 2012 – Daytona International Speedway – Budweiser Shootout
February 23, 2012 – Daytona International Speedway – Gatorade Duels at Daytona
February 27, 2012 – Daytona International Speedway – Daytona 500
March 4, 2012 – Phoenix International Raceway – Subway Fresh Fit 500
March 11, 2012 – Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Kobalt Tools 400
March 18, 2012 – Bristol Motor Speedway – Food City 500
March 25, 2012 – Auto Club Speedway – Auto Club 400
April 1, 2012 – Martinsville Speedway – Goody’s Fast Relief 500
April 14, 2012 – Texas Motor Speedway – Samsung Mobile 500
April 22, 2012 – Kansas Speedway – STP 400
April 28, 2012 – Richmond International Raceway – Capital City 400 presented by Virginia is for Lovers
May 6, 2012 – Talladega Superspeedway – Aaron’s 499
May 12, 2012 – Darlington Raceway – Bojangles’ Southern 500
May 19, 2012 – Charlotte Motor Speedway – Sprint Showdown / Sprint All-Star Race
May 27, 2012 – Charlotte Motor Speedway – Coca-Cola 600
June 3, 2012 – Dover International Speedway – FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks
June 10, 2012 – Pocono Raceway – Pocono 400
June 17, 2012 – Michigan International Speedway – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 400
June 24, 2012 – Infineon Raceway – Toyota/Save Mart 350
June 30, 2012 – Kentucky Speedway – Quaker State 400
July 7, 2012 – Daytona International Speedway – Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola
July 15, 2012 – New Hampshire Motor Speedway – LENOX Industrial Tools 301
July 29, 2012 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Crown Royal presents the “Your Hero’s Name Here” 400 at the Brickyard
August 5, 2012 – Pocono Raceway – Pennsylvania 400
August 12, 2012 – Watkins Glen International – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at The Glen
August 19, 2012 – Michigan International Speedway – Pure Michigan 400
August 25, 2012 – Bristol Motor Speedway – IRWIN Tools Night Race
September 2, 2012 – Atlanta Motor Speedway – AdvoCare 500
September 8, 2012 – Richmond International Raceway – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 400
September 16, 2012 – Chicagoland Speedway – GEICO 400
September 23, 2012 – New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Sylvania 300
September 30, 2012 – Dover International Speedway – AAA 400
October 7, 2012 – Talladega Superspeedway – Good Sam Club 500
October 13, 2012 – Charlotte Motor Speedway – Bank of America 500
October 21, 2012 – Kansas Speedway – Hollywood Casino 400
October 28, 2012 – Martinsville Speedway – Tums Fast Relief 500
November 4, 2012 – Texas Motor Speedway – AAA Texas 500
November 11, 2012 – Phoenix International Raceway – Kobalt Tools 500
November 18, 2012 – Homestead-Miami Speedway – Ford 400

The ALMS 2012 Schedule has been released. Here’s a look at what’s in store for the American Le Mans Series in 2012:

March 17th – 60th Anniversary Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring
April 14th – Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach
May 12th – American Le Mans Monterey Presented by Patrón
July 7th – American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix
July 22 – Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport
August 4th – Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge
August 18th – Road Race Showcase
September 2nd – Baltimore Grand Prix
September 15th – American Le Mans Series at VIR
October 20th – Petit Le Mans

For more details about the schedule, including race times (when available) and duration, please visit out 2012 ALMS Schedule page.

After the release of a few provisional schedules earlier in the year, Formula One has finally released its official 2012 schedule of events.

Here’s what 2012 has in store:

March 18th, 2012 – Qantas Australian Grand Prix
March 25th, 2012 – Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix
April 15th, 2012 – UBS Chinese Grand Prix
April 22nd, 2012 – Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix
May 13th, 2012 – Gran Premio de Espana Santander 2012
May 27th, 2012 – Grand Prix de Monaco 2012
June 10th, 2012 – Grand Prix Du Canada 2011
June 24th, 2012 – Grand Prix of Europe
July 8th, 2012 – Santander British Grand Prix
July 22nd, 2012 – Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2012
July 29th, 2012 – ENI Magyar Nagydij 2012
September 2nd, 2012 – Shell Belgian Grand Prix
September 9th, 2012 – Gran Premio Santander D’Italia 2012
September 23rd, 2012 – Singtel Singapore Grand Prix
October 7th, 2012 – Japanese Grand Prix
October 14th, 2012 – Korean Grand Prix
October 28th, 2012 – Airtel Indian Grand Prix
November 4th, 2012 – Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
November 25th, 2012 – Grande Premio do Brasil 2011

For a more complete look at the schedule, feel free to check out our 2012 Schedule of Formula 1 page.

With last night’s drawing for the Bud Shootout starting order now out of the way, look forward to seeing Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the pole, with Tony Stewart alongside him on the front row at Daytona International Speedway.

This year’s Bud Shootout features (yet again!) new entry rules for the race, which will be seeing its highest number of racers since its inception, counting in at 24.

New qualifying rules this year will allow for anyone from the following categories, should they choose to race:

- All 12 drivers from last season’s Chase for the Sprint Cup
- Any previous Budweiser Shootout winners
- Anyone who has previously won a points-paying race at Daytona (Daytona 500 or Coke Zero 400)
- All previous NASCAR Sprint Cup champions
- The last 10 racers to have won the Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year Award

The full line up includes:

1. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2. Tony Stewart
3. Carl Edwards
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Kasey Kahne
6. Bobby Labonte
7. Clint Bowyer
8. Ryan Newman
9. Derrike Cope
10. Michael Waltrip
11. Greg Biffle
12. Jeff Gordon
13. Juan Pablo Montoya
14. Jamie McMurray
15. Jeff Burton
16. Kevin Conway
17. Kurt Busch
18. Kevin Harvick
19. Matt Kenseth
20. Mark Martin
21. Kyle Busch
22. Joey Logano
23. Jimmie Johnson
24. Regan Smith

It’s official! Today the ALMS cars have again hit the track for the 2011 season – this time in their Sebring Winter Test at Sebring International Raceway in Florida.

This two-day test session is in preparation for next month’s Twelve Hours of Sebring, that will run the weekend of March 16th – 19th, and is a great preview of what we should expect for the year ahead.

To see the dates for all the events, please visit our page:
2011 Schedule of the American Le Mans Series.