The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series To Kick-Off 2011 Season At Canada\u2019s Fastest Half-Mile Paved Oval With The Dickies 200<\/p>\n
Vortex Brake Pads 200 Will Be Mosport\u2019s Second NASCAR Race Of The Season<\/p>\n
(BOWMANVILLE, ON \u2013 November 11, 2010)\u00a0 Canada\u2019s fastest half-mile paved oval, Mosport Speedway, will play host to the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 2011 season opener on Saturday, May 28 with the Dickies 200.<\/p>\n
The announcement was made by the Series in downtown Toronto on November 10 as they released their full 2011 schedule at the VIP Reception at the Fermenting Cellar in the Distillery District.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an honour to host the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 2011 season-opening race at Mosport Speedway,\u201d said Myles Brandt, Mosport President and General Manager.\u00a0 \u201cThe Speedway is a great venue for the Series and they have always put on an entertaining show for the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0The country\u2019s top stock car racers return to Mosport, this time to try to tame the legendary 3.96 km, 10-turn International Raceway for the Vortex Brake Pads 200, June 24-26.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cWe are really pleased to have landed two rounds on the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series schedule,\u201d Brandt said.\u00a0 \u201cThese cars look fabulous on the road course and the drivers race hard all weekend long.\u00a0 It\u2019s one of the most exciting races of our season.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0The 12-race schedule will see a familiar mix of tracks including seven races on ovals and five on road courses, with one taking place on the temporary street circuit at Exhibition Place in Toronto.\u00a0 A new race on this year\u2019s schedule will be held at Circuit ICAR, a 3 km road course located at the old Mirabel Airport site, north of Montreal.<\/p>\n
\u00a0For more information call the Mosport Hotline at 1-800-866-1072 (Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm ET), visit online at www.mosport.com, or email info@mosport.com<\/p>\n
\u00a02011 NASCAR CANADIAN TIRE SERIES SCHEDULE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Sat. May 28\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mosport Speedway (.5-Mile)\u00a0\u00a0 Bowmanville, Ont.<\/p>\n Sun. June 5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Circuit ICAR (3 km road course)\u00a0\u00a0 Montreal, Que.<\/p>\n Sat. June 11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Delaware Speedway (.5-Mile)\u00a0\u00a0 London, Ont.<\/p>\n Sun. June 26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mosport Int’l Raceway (3.96 km road course) Bowmanville, Ont.<\/p>\n Sat. July 9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Toronto Exhibition Place (2.82 km road course) Toronto, Ont.<\/p>\n Sat. July 23\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Motoplex Speedway (.5-Mile)\u00a0\u00a0 Vernon, B. C.<\/p>\n Wed. July 27\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Auto Clearing Motor Speedway (.333-Mile)\u00a0\u00a0 Saskatoon, Sask.<\/p>\n Sun. Aug. 7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Circuit de Trois-Rivieres (2.46 km road course) Trois-Rivieres, Que.<\/p>\n Sat. Aug. 20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (4.36 km road course) Montreal, Que.<\/p>\n Sat. Sept. 10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Barrie Speedway (.333-Mile)\u00a0\u00a0 Barrie, Ont.<\/p>\n Sat. Sept. 17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Riverside Int\u2019l Speedway (.333-Mile)\u00a0\u00a0 Antigonish, N. S.<\/p>\n Sat. Sept. 24\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kawartha Speedway (.375-Mile)\u00a0\u00a0 Peterborough, Ont.<\/p>\n Tentative – Subject to Change<\/p>\n \u00a9 RIF | Mosport Media<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series To Kick-Off 2011 Season At Canada\u2019s Fastest Half-Mile Paved Oval With The Dickies 200 Vortex Brake Pads 200 Will Be Mosport\u2019s Second NASCAR Race Of The Season (BOWMANVILLE, ON \u2013 November 11, 2010)\u00a0 Canada\u2019s fastest half-mile paved oval, Mosport Speedway, will play host to the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 2011 …<\/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":[20,41,604],"tags":[1654,5282,1396,468,1770,1590,5373],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9565"}],"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=9565"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9567,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9565\/revisions\/9567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}