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Unified American Open Wheel Schedule for 08

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  1. GrigioGuy

    GrigioGuy Splenda Daddy Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    Date  		Track  				TV Time/Network
Sat 29-Mar 	Homestead-Miami Speedway 	8 p.m./ESPN2
Sun 6-Apr 	Streets of St. Petersburg 	2:30 p.m./ESPN
Sat 19-Apr 	Twin Ring Motegi 		Noon/ESPN
Sun 27-Apr 	Kansas Speedway 		5 p.m./ESPN2
Sun 25-May 	92nd Indianapolis 500 		Noon/ABC
Sun 1-Jun 	The Milwaukee Mile 		4 p.m./ABC
Sat 7-Jun 	Texas Motor Speedway 		10 p.m./ESPN2
Sun 22-Jun 	Iowa Speedway 			1 p.m./ABC
Sat 28-Jun 	Richmond International Raceway 	8 p.m./ESPN2
Sun 6-Jul 	Watkins Glen International 	3:30 p.m./ABC
Sat 12-Jul 	Nashville Superspeedway 	8 p.m./ESPN2
Sun 20-Jul 	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 	1:30 p.m./ABC
Sat 9-Aug 	Kentucky Speedway 		6:30 p.m./ESPN2
Sun 24-Aug 	Infineon Raceway 		5:30 p.m./ESPN2
Sun 31-Aug 	The Raceway at Belle Isle Park 	3:30 p.m./ABC
Sun 7-Sep 	Chicagoland Speedway 		3:30 p.m./ABC

    Sorry to see Houston go, as I had tickets. Still, not a bad schedule.
     
    GrigioGuy, Feb 28, 2008
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  2. Wolfgang5150

    Wolfgang5150 F1 Rookie

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    uh...where is Long Beach?
     
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  3. tifosi12

    tifosi12 Four Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    Road America is gone.

    August 20 was the race. Would have been a great weekend combined with ALMS. :(
     
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  4. GrigioGuy

    GrigioGuy Splenda Daddy Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    Long Beach remains as the last Champ Car race, as a standalone event

    http://www.latimes.com/sports/printedition/la-sp-irl28feb28,1,840723.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

     
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  5. Wolfgang5150

    Wolfgang5150 F1 Rookie

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    re: Long Beach - what a mess......the last CCW race? Talk about a diluted field...............
     
    Wolfgang5150, Feb 28, 2008
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  6. BigTex

    BigTex Seven Time F1 World Champ Owner Rossa Subscribed

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    WHAT????

    We've been CANCELLED??????? Get me Racehourse Haynes on the phone.....

    Ms. Grand Prix and her girls are gonna be PIS SED!!!!!

    It would have also been a huge chance for the City of Houston to finally honor AJ Foyt in his hometown, as they feted Mario during the CART years here.......RATS!!!!!
     
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  7. Wolfgang5150

    Wolfgang5150 F1 Rookie

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    Also - what happened to the wildly popular Edmonton race???? I thought that was going to be added...
     
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    They canceled Portland Or. too :( And they just repaved the track and made a few changes. Hopefuly they will be back in 09'?

    Cheers!
     
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    Very sad to see Road America not on the schedule, but at least there are a decent number of road courses. I just cannot get into oval racing, but I'm going to try now that there is a unified series.

    Mark
     
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  10. LightGuy

    LightGuy Four Time F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    Didn't see The Danica at the press conference. Guess there are still issues with Rahal-Letterman.
    There are going to be a lot of painful changes in the short term but long term it is best for open wheel racing in the states.
    Nascar was absorbing all the pro racing audience.
    United we stand...
     
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    I wonder what will happen to Long Beach next year. I heard that if CHAMP goes away it will be replaced by an endurance race like ALMS or Grand-Am. I forget which one.
     
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  12. rodolfo

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    Not Mexico in the schedule?
     
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    Working on getting Edmonton and Surfers Paradise on the schedule, Road America is gone for this year (which sucks), I'm sure Long Beach will be back with all Indy Cars in 09. They can't lose Long Beach, it's their Monaco and Tony George has coveted this market since they went road racing.
     
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    This merger came as schedules were already determined for 2008. I think if we have patience, 2009 will be the the start of a more structured program.
     
    RP, Feb 28, 2008
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    +1 But I doubt it. :(
     
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    I just noticed the race at Fontana is gone. I checked and it was dropped in '06. DOH!
     
    robert_c, Feb 29, 2008
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  17. jknight

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    ALMS already races at Long Beach. It's the pits as far as I'm concerned - not a real road race just a waste of 2 hours (basically just a sprint race) - it's the shortest ALMS race on the sked.

    Carol
     
    jknight, Feb 29, 2008
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