Including the famous Bathurst 1000.
Power, speed, money, sponsorship. What’s not to like?
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2018 Calendars: Virgin Australia Supercars Championship
2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship
Australian touring car series including the famous Bathurst 1000 race.
Why can’t all touring car series use these rules? Power, speed, money, sponsorship. What’s not to like?
Formerly known as V8 Supercars, the series is transitioning to other engine configurations and car styles.
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DW at Bathurst
NASCAR champion and commentator Darrell ‘DW’ Waltrip took a ride around the Mount Panorama track at Bathurst last weekend – at speed in a V8 Supercar driven by Jason Bright. This is hilarious!
I can’t decide whether he is hamming it up, it is genuine, or a mixture of the two!
If you were watching the SPEED coverage in the US, keep watching this clip for the interview afterwards because this clip was taken from 7 Network.
I actually haven’t seen the race yet, I understand it was an absolute classic so I hope to catch up with it over the winter.
[Video found on the Midweek Motorsport Facebook page]
Weekend Preview : 1-2 August 2009
Feature Events
IRL IndyCar Series
– Meijer Indy 300
– Kentucky Speedway
– Sparta, Kentucky, United States
– (12/17)
– www.indycar.com
Changes to the aero rules for this race (see previous post) should mean an improvement in the racing on this 1.5 mile oval, as it has been fairly bad on ovals earlier this season. Since side by side open-wheel racing on ovals is the hallmark and unique selling point of this series, let’s hope they work.
Note this is a Saturday night race under the lights.
TV Guide:
UK – LIVE on Sky Sports 1 at 2am Sunday (repeated 11.30am and 4.30pm on SS Xtra)
USA – LIVE on VERSUS at 8pm ET Saturday
Other Events
Le Mans Series
– 1000KM do Algarve
– Portimao
– Algarve, Portugal
– (3/5)
– www.lemans-series.com
The is the first evening/night race for the Le Mans Series in Europe, and also the first visit of the series to this new circuit. The race will begin at 7.15pm local (and UK) time and run for the usual LMS distance of 1000km or six hours.
TV Guide:
UK – Eurosport at 7pm for 1h30m.
Formula Renault 3.5
– Portimao
– Algarve, Portugal
Supporting the LMS, both races are on Saturday afternoon.
TV Guide:
Race 1 on Eurosport at 12pm Saturday.
Race 2 doesn’t appear to be covered.
NASCAR Sprint Cup
– Pennsylvania 500
– Pocono, Pennsylvania, United States
– www.nascar.com
TV Guide:
UK – LIVE on Sky Sports 3 at 7pm Sunday
US – LIVE on ESPN at 1pm Sunday
NASCAR Nationwide Series
– Iowa Speedway
– Iowa, United States
– www.nascar.com
NASCAR Camping World Trucks
– Nashville Speedway
– Tennessee, United States
– www.nascar.com
DTM
– Oschersleben
– Germany
– www.dtm.tv / www.dtm.com
dtm.tv should have live coverage from 1pm UK time.
V8 Supercars
– Norton 360 Sandown Challenge
– Sandown, Australia
– www.v8supercar.com.au
Indy Lights
– Oschersleben
– Germany
F3 Euroseries
– Kentucky Speedway
– Kentucky, USA
Superleague Formula
– Donington Park
– Leics., England, UK
World Rally Championship
– Rally Finland
– www.wrc.com
Kimi Raikkonen has entered his home round of the WRC in a Super 2000 spec Abarth. After the first day’s stages he’s performing among the top runners in his class and in the top 20 overall!
Intercontinental Rally Challenge
– Rally Vinho Madeira
– Madeira, Portugal
– www.ircseries.com
British Touring Car Championship
– Snetterton
– Norfolk, England, UK
TV Guide:
UK – The usual six hours (3 x BTCC plus lots of support races) on ITV4 from 11.30am!
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Sources:
Live Sport on TV
RadioTimes.com
and several of the series sites mentioned above
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