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The Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear today takes on a more prominent and influential role in the training and career development of young open-wheel racers with the announcement of a 2010 schedule that includes events on American Le Mans Series and Indy Racing League weekends as well as the high-profile "Night Before the 500."
The 11-weekend, 13-race Star Mazda Championship schedule retains its traditional season-opener at the legendary 12 Hours of Sebring on March 19. On the following weekend, March 26, the Mazda Renesis rotary-powered open-wheelers will join the Indy Racing League for the first time ever on track in the Streets of St. Petersburg.
With the traditional season-ending event for both ALMS and the Star Mazda Championship moving from Fall to Spring in 2010, both series will be in action on May 22 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. From there it's a sprint halfway across the country to the heartland of open-wheel racing in North America and an appearance on May 29, along with the USAC Midgets and the new U.S. F2000 series, on the oval at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis at the "Night before the 500," the unofficial but popular and prestigious lead-in event to the legendary Indy 500.
One high-profile oval race will follow another on the schedule as the teams and drivers of the Star Mazda Championship head for another appearance at an IRL event, this one on the one-mile oval at Iowa Speedway on June 19. The following weekend, June 26-27 marks a return to road racing with a Mazda-sponsored double-header at New Jersey Motorsports Park.
After a break to rest, test and tune, the Star Mazda Championship heads for the second of two Mazda-sponsored, double-header weekends, this one at the Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Illinois on July 31 - August 1. Two weeks later, on August 15, drivers will test their skills on the famed street circuit of the GP3R in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec. Drivers all agree that the atmosphere surrounding Trois- Rivieres makes it one of the highlights of the season.
The 2010 Star Mazda Championship then wraps up with ALMS at a trio of races held on some of the most famous natural-terrain road courses in North America; Road America on August 21, Mosport on August 28 and Road Atlanta for the 'Petit Le Mans' on October 1.
| Date: | Track: | Location: | Series |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 19 | Sebring International Raceway | Sebring, FL, USA | American Le Mans Series |
| March 26 | Streets of St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg, FL, USA | Indy Racing League |
| May 22 | Mazda Raceway Leguna Seca | Monterey, CA, USA | American Le Mans Series |
| May 29 | O'Reilly Raceway Park | Indianapolis, IN, USA | USAC Midgets |
| June 19 | Iowa Speedway | Newton, Iowa, USA | Indy Racing League |
| June 26-27 | New Jersey Motorsports Park | Millville, N.J., USA | Atlantic Championship |
| July 31-Aug 1 | Autobahn Country Club | Joliet, Ill, USA | Atlantic Championship |
| August 15 | Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres | Trois-Rivieres, QC, CAN | Atlantic, Grand-Am, CASCAR |
| August 22 | Road America | Elkhart Lake, WI, USA | American Le Mans Series |
| August 28 | Mosport International Raceway | Bowmanville, ONT, CAN | American Le Mans Series |
| October 1 | Road Atlanta | Braselton, GA, USA | American Le Mans Series |
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