Initial 2007 SCCA SPEED World Challenge Schedule Released

For Immediate Release

 

Initial 2007 SCCA SPEED World Challenge Schedule Released

 

TOPEKA, Kan. (Nov. 8, 2006) - SCCA Pro Racing has announced six of the
11 venues that will compose the 2007 SCCA SPEED World Challenge
Championship season, with the remaining dates to be released shortly. 

 

The 2007 schedule is a mix of exciting new venues and World Challenge
classics ready to thrill race fans across the continent.

 

For the sixth season in-a-row, SCCA SPEED World Challenge will open its
season at the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring with the American Le Mans
Series. As in years past, the SPEED GT and Touring Car races will be the
featured races on Friday, March 16, at Sebring International Raceway in
Florida, leading into the classic 12-hour ALMS race on Saturday.

 

The SCCA SPEED GT cars will then trek across the country to the streets
of Long Beach, Calif. For the second year in-a-row, the GT cars will go
solo as part of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, an extravagant
festival of speed with the Champ Car World Series and ALMS, April 13-15.

 

Miller Motorsports Park in Salt Lake City, Utah, will have an earlier
date in 2007. SCCA SPEED GT and Touring Car will reunite May 17-19 for
their second appearance at the nation's longest road course to take part
in the Utah Grand Prix with ALMS.

 

Canadian fans will have twice the opportunities to see SPEED World
Challenge in 2007. The series travels across the border and to the
streets of Exhibition Place, July 7-8, for its first visit to the Grand
Prix of Toronto with the Champ Car World Series. Ontario's race fans
will also have an opportunity to see both series on a traditional road
course as well at Mosport International Raceway. The 2007 Grand Prix of
Mosport trades the Labor Day weekend of seasons past for an August 25-26
date, where the series will make it's 17th appearance-more than any
other racing venue.

 

For the ninth-straight year, Road Atlanta will host a stop on the tour,
with the Petit Le Mans event, October 2-6. SCCA SPEED GT and Touring Car
take their traditional place on the week-long event headlining Friday,
with the ALMS endurance classic taking place on Saturday.

 

For updates on the 2007 SPEED World Challenge season visit
www.world-challenge.com

 

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2007 SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Championships Schedule of
Events 

Date 

Venue 

With 

March 14-16 

Sebring International Raceway, Sebring , Fla. 

ALMS 

April 13-15 

Streets of Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif. 

CCWS 

May 17-19 

Miller Motorsports Park , Tooele , Utah 

ALMS 

July 6-8 

Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario, CAN 

CCWS

Aug. 24-26 

Mosport Int'l Raceway, Bowmanville , Ontario , CAN 

ALMS 

Oct. 2-5

Road Atlanta , Braselton , Ga. 

ALMS 

*Additional events to be added at a later date.

 

 

 

Attached image: Keeping with tradition, the 2007 SCCA SPEED World
Challenge Season will kick off at Sebring in March.

Credit: (c)SCCA/Mark Weber

 

Erin Cechal

SCCA Public Relations Specialist

800/770-2055

ecechal@scca.com