World Challenge will return
to Mosport International Raceway, but will trade its traditional August date
for a May date in 2009. Both Touring Car and GT will make the trip to
Bowmanville, Ont., Canada, May 15 – 17, to headline
the Victoria Day Speedfest Weekend. Fans will have the opportunity to enjoy
three World Challenge races, as the event will be a doubleheader for the
Touring Cars.July 24 – 26, the series
will make its first-ever trip to the Autobahn Country Club in Joliet,
Ill, near Chicago. Both classes will race alongside
Cooper Tire Atlantics and the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup. Opened in 2005, the
3.54-mile road course has received rave reviews from racers and is destined to
become a new World Challenge favorite.
A staple on the World
Challenge calendar, Road Atlanta returns in 2009. The penultimate rounds for
the GT and Touring Car Championships will take place during the prestigious
Petit Le Mans weekend, Sept. 23 – 25.
An additional July date will
be added shortly.
2009 SPEED World Challenge Schedule
March 18 - 20
Sebring International Raceway (w/ALMS)
Sebring, Fla.
April 17 - 19
Grand Prix of Long Beach (w/ALMS & IRL)
(GT Only)
Long Beach, Calif.
May 15 - 17
Mosport International Raceway
(TC Double & GT)
Bowmanville, Ont. (Canada)
May 22 - 25
Lime Rock Park (w/Grand-Am)
Lime Rock, Conn.
July 24 - 26
Autobahn Country Club (w/Atlantics)
Joliet, Ill.
Aug. 7 - 9
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (w/ALMS & IRL)
Lexington, Ohio
Aug. 14 - 16
Road America (w/ALMS)
Elkhart Lake, Wis.
Sept. 23 - 25
Road Atlanta (w/ALMS)
Braselton, Ga.
Oct. 9 - 11
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (w/ALMS)
Monterey, Calif.
