Source: Champ Car Series
Champ Car today released its 2008 schedule, opening the season in Long Beach, introducing a new Champ Car World Series event in Jerez, Spain, and featuring an enhanced Atlantic Championship schedule that includes two stand-alone races in Utah and Canada. "We have succeeded in improving our schedules for next season, offering Champ Car fans, sponsors, teams, drivers, TV broadcasters and other stakeholders a cohesive, strong calendar of events," said Champ Car CEO and President Steve Johnson. "We will stabilize our base in North America, begin a steady growth plan for Europe, and provide a balance of temporary and permanent circuits." "By pairing Jerez with Zolder and conducting them in June, we now will be in Europe during two different times next season rather than just one as we were in 2007," Johnson said. "Assen will remain in September, where it was very successful this year. The two 2008 trips expand our reach in Europe and establish two footprints for future growth there." The Atlantic Championship, which will celebrate its 35th season in 2008 as the longest-running open-wheel driver development series in the world, will race on August 17 when it returns for the first time since 2003 to the streets of Trois-Rivières, Quebec. The Atlantic competition will serve as the feature event at Trois-Rivières, pending City Council approval later this month. Additionally, the development series' teams will race at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, outside Salt Lake City, on September 21, concluding its championship season. Champ Car World Series 2008 Schedule* EVENT DATES NAME, LOCATION, VENUE April 20 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Long Beach, California Streets of Long Beach - Temporary Circuit April 27 Champ Car Grand Prix of Houston at JAGFlo Speedway, Houston, Texas JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park - Temporary Circuit May 18 Champ Car Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California Laguna Seca - Permanent Circuit June 1 Champ Car Belgium at Circuit Zolder, Zolder, Belgium Circuit Zolder-Heusden - Permanent Circuit June 8 Champ Car Spain at Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Jerez, Spain Circuito de Jerez - Permanent Circuit June 22 Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio Burke Lakefront Airport - Temporary Circuit June 29 Champ Car Mont-Tremblant, Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada Circuit Mont-Tremblant - Permanent Circuit July 6 Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Exhibition Place - Temporary Circuit July 20 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Rexall Speedway - Temporary Circuit July 27 Champ Car Portland, Portland, Oregon Portland International Raceway - Permanent Circuit August 10 Road America Grand Prix, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin Road America - Permanent Circuit September 14 Champ Car Holland at the TT Circuit Assen, Assen, Holland TT Circuit Assen - Permanent Circuit October 26 Gold Coast Indy 300, Surfers Paradise, Australia Gold Coast, Australia - Temporary Circuit November 9 Gran Premio Tecate Presentado por Banamex, Mexico City, Mexico Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez - Permanent Circuit * Pending ACCUS/FIA Approval
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