kensethfan
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 | Subject: 2011 Open Wheel Division Schedule  Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:03 pm | |
| Race Name
Speedway, Number of laps
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Indianapolis 100
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 40 Laps
Michigan 100
Michigan International Speedway, 50 Laps
Edmonton Grand Prix
Edmonton City Centre Airport, 31 Laps
Sears Point Grand Prix
Infineon Raceway, 28 Laps
Grand Prix of Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch Circuit, 19 Laps
Melbourne 50K
Calder Raceway Park, 28 Laps
Watkins Glen Grand Prix
Watkins Glen International, 15 Laps
Talladega Open Wheel Challenge presented by Coca-Cola*
Talladega Superspeedway, 50 Laps
Indianapolis Grand Prix
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Road Course), 18 Laps
Grand Prix of Mexico City
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, 20 Laps
Walt Disney World 100
Walt Disney World Speedway, 100 Laps
Grand Prix of Le Mans
Circuit de la Sarthe, 8 Laps
Spa-Francorchamps Grand Prix
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, 13 Laps
Grand Prix of the Americas
Road America, 20 Laps
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Races shown in bold will be recapped as a regular Cup race, all other races will be recapped in text.
*-This race is an exhibit race.
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| | Subject: Re: 2011 Open Wheel Division Schedule Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:19 pm | |
| Talladega? I'm going to love this.... | |
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| | Subject: Re: 2011 Open Wheel Division Schedule Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:39 am | |
| NNRCS To Run Test Race At Talladega In Spite of Dan Wheldon's Fatal Wreck
We all know racecars can go pretty fast. We've seen cars from right up to eachother's bumpers at 200 miles an hour. When somebody makes a mistake in those conditions, you are immediately at risk of putting yourself of a fellow competitor's life on the line.
Dan Wheldon was killed in an IndyCar wreck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday. His car's cockpit hit the catchfence. He didn't have a chance. Unfortunately, this seems to have been a re-occuring theme with open-wheel cars. The same thing killed Jeff Krosnoff in 1996, it critically injured Kenny Brack in 2003, and it killed Russell Phillips in a stock car in 1995.
Testing runs have shown that open-wheel cars have gone beyond 220 MPH at Talladega. That's almost how fast Dan Wheldon and his competitors were going when the wreck happened. To be safe, NNRCS has announced they will run a test race first thing next season. If things get out of hand, Talladega will be pulled from the Open Wheel Division schedule.
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