{"id":19347,"date":"2013-09-21T08:12:55","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T12:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=19347"},"modified":"2013-09-21T08:12:55","modified_gmt":"2013-09-21T12:12:55","slug":"canadian-tire-motorsport-park-to-host-first-canadian-race-in-the-tudor-united-sportscar-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/events-shows\/canadian-tire-motorsport-park-to-host-first-canadian-race-in-the-tudor-united-sportscar-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Tire Motorsport Park To Host First Canadian Race In The Tudor United Sportscar Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Canadian Tire Motorsport Park is thrilled to announce that it has been included on the inaugural TUDOR United SportsCar Championship 2014 schedule. The only Canadian stop for the new series will take place on July 13, 2014.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/gallery\/events-2012\/RIF-GPM12-ALMS\/GPM12-4-ALMS\/Grand-Prix-of-Mosport-Racing-ALMS-2G2002.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/>The highly anticipated TUDOR United SportsCar Championship is the culmination of the merger between the GRAND-AM Rolex Series and the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patr\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park are thrilled to have landed a coveted date on the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship 2014 schedule,\u201d said Myles Brandt, President and General Manager of Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSports car racing has played a major role in Canadian Tire Motorsport Park\u2019s rich history and in 2014 we will be fortunate enough to continue that legacy. Our fans and corporate partners can mark the date on their calendar now and start making plans to be a part of what will no doubt be a memorable weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 12-race schedule for the 2014 season starts in January with the 52nd running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona and closes at Road Atlanta, with the 17th running of the Petit Le Mans. The remaining events feature a mix of North America\u2019s best permanent road courses and high-profile street circuits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is, without a doubt, the best sports car schedule in the history of North America. When we announced the merger plans last year, we immediately envisioned a dream schedule, one that our industry and, most importantly, our fans would embrace,\u201d said Scott Atherton, IMSA President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were so many options to consider and we could have added more events, but we had to ensure that we didn\u2019t over-tax our industry. So, we stuck to our plan of going with the \u2018best of the best\u2019 and capped the lineup at 12 events. Overall, a dream schedule, indeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have created a premium schedule for sports car fans, taking our new championship to some of the best road racing facilities in North America,\u201d stated IMSA CEO Ed Bennett.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first TUDOR United SportsCar Championship season will feature iconic tracks deeply rich in history. We are very proud of this group of 12 facilities which have been selected for the inaugural season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship Schedule<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date Event<br \/>\nJan 25-26 Daytona International Speedway<br \/>\nMar 15 Sebring International Raceway<br \/>\nApr 12 Long Beach Street Circuit<br \/>\nMay 4 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca<br \/>\nMay 31 Detroit Belle Isle<br \/>\nJun 29 Watkins Glen International<br \/>\nJul 13 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park<br \/>\nJul 25 Indianapolis Motor Speedway<br \/>\nAug 10 Road America<br \/>\nAug 24 Virginia International Raceway<br \/>\nSep 20 Circuit of The Americas<br \/>\nOct 4 Road Atlanta<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u00a9 RIF | CTMP<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian Tire Motorsport Park is thrilled to announce that it has been included on the inaugural TUDOR United SportsCar Championship 2014 schedule. The only Canadian stop for the new series will take place on July 13, 2014. The highly anticipated TUDOR United SportsCar Championship is the culmination of the merger between the GRAND-AM Rolex Series &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[19,2120],"tags":[5264,5334,5431,5441,4650,2750,468,1526,5301,4651,4649],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19347"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19351,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19347\/revisions\/19351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}