USF2000 Revises 2011 Schedule

PALMETTO, Nov. 12, 2010: Officials of the “Cooper Tires Presents the USF2000 National Championship Powered by Mazda” announced today that they have removed a July 30-31 doubleheader at the Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Ill. from the series’ 2011 schedule.

Dan Andersen, the series’ promoter, said he does not anticipate adding another doubleheader to the schedule as a replacement, so the series’ 2011 schedule now stands at 12 races over seven events.

“The Autobahn race organizers were unable to obtain enough sponsorship to ensure the event’s success, so that date has been dropped from our 2011 schedule,” Andersen said.

Tonis Kasemets and Sage Karam won the USF2000 doubleheader there this year.

The USF2000 series is part of both the Road to Indy and the MAZDASPEED Motorsports driver development programs.

The 2011 season opener is on St. Patrickʼs Day in March when the series supports one of the worldʼs most prestigious endurance sports car races, the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring at Sebring, Fla. It closes in September when it is part of the Labor Day extravaganza at the brand-new street course event at Baltimoreʼs Inner Harbor.

The USF2000 series appears at traditional road courses, street circuits and ovals so its drivers get experience on all the different types of tracks faced by IZOD IndyCar Series drivers.

The series will support IZOD IndyCar Series events four times. The series will also be part of the historic “Night Before the 500” show at OʼReilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis on May 28, a few hours before the Indianapolis 500 is held a few miles east.

For more information see USF2000.com.

The revised schedule follows:

2011 USF2000 Schedule*

Race 1 March 17 Sebring Intʼl Raceway w/ALMS Race 2 March 18 Sebring, Fla. (12 Hours of Sebring) 3.7-mile road course

Race 3 March 26 Streets of St. Petersburg w/IndyCar Race 4 March 27 St. Petersburg, Fla. (St. Petersburg GP) 1.8-mile street course

Race 5 May 28 OʼReilly Raceway Park w/USAC Midgets Indianapolis, Ind. (Night Before the 500) 0.686-mile oval

Race 6 June 18 The Milwaukee Mile w/IndyCar West Allis, Wis. 1-mile oval

Race 7 Aug. 5 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course w/IndyCar/ALMS Race 8 Aug. 6 Lexington, Ohio 2.258-mile road course

Race 9 Aug. 19 Road America w/ALMS Race 10 Aug. 20 Elkhart Lake, Wis. (Time Warner Showcase) 4.048-mile road course

Race 11 Sept. 4 Streets of Baltimore w/IndyCar/ALMS Race 12 Sept. 4 Baltimore, Md. (Baltimore Grand Prix) 2-mile street course

* Subject to change