Motorsports Calendar 21-23 May 2010

[Matthew Little]

While the stars of Formula 1 take a break after visiting the principality of Monaco, let's open up the calendar and see what is on tap for this coming weekend.............

---IndyCar Series: 22-23 May, Qualificiations, 94th Indianapolis 500(Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Ind.--2.5 mile oval)
---American LeMans Series: Six Hours of Monterey(Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Ca.--2.238 mile natural terrain road course)
---NHRA Drag Racing: 22nd Annual Summer Nationals(Heartland Park, Topeka, Ks.)
---MotoGP: Round 3--Monster Energy Grand Prix of France(LeMans Bugatti Circuit, LeMans, France--2.655 mile road course)
---World Touring Car Championship: Round 3[Races 5 & 6], Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy(3.6 mile natural terrain road course)
---FIA GT-1 World Championship: Round 3, Masaryk Circuit, Brno, Czech Republic(3.357-mile road course)
---DTM/German Touring Cars: Round 2, Ricardo Tormo Circuit, Valencia, Spain(2.517-mile road course)
---TransAm Road Racing Series: Round 2, Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville, Ontario(2.459-mile natural terrain road course)
---NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Sprint All-Star Race & Sprint Showdown, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C.(1.5-mile high-banked oval)

There are also some support races of note this weekend as well....................
---Star Mazda Series, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Ca.
---F3 Euroseries: Ricardo Tormo Circuit, Valencia, Spain
---Formula 2 Series: Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy


As always, check your local listings for times and dates and feel free to add any additional events that may have been forgotten..............

 

[Brogan]

There's definitely no shortage of motorsport this weekend and looking at that lot there's something for everyone

 

[Matthew Little]

There's definitely no shortage of motorsport this weekend and looking at that lot there's something for everyone

It is a busy calendar this weekend; even qualifying for the Indy 500 made the list.
Hopefully, it'll be a veritable festival of motorsports and not a festival of carbon fiber............