AMA Pro Racing Announces Preliminary 2011 Road Racing Schedule
After an exciting 2010 AMA Pro Road Racing season that saw all
class champions decided at the final event, AMA Pro announces their
preliminary 2011 Road Racing schedule. New this year is the change
of the fabled Daytona 200 event back to its more traditional
daytime running time, a return to Miller Motorsports Park over the
Memorial Day weekend and some small date changes for some of the
traditional events.
The 2011 AMA Pro Road Racing season will kick off at the famed
Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. with the
biggest motorcycling event of the year, Daytona 200 Week.
Activities will begin this year on Saturday night, March 5th with
the longest continuous running Supercross event in America, the
Daytona Supercross. The opening rounds of AMA Pro Flat Track kick
off Thursday, March 10 and Friday, March 11, 2011 to mark the
second running of the Grand Nationals at the new DAYTONA Flat
Track.
The Road Racing activities also begin on Thursday, March 10th with
practice and qualifying for the four main classes of AMA Pro Road
Racing. The AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike series will again race
two times during the Daytona 200 Week activities on Friday, March
11th and Saturday, March 12th. New this year will be the AMA Pro
Vance & Hines XR1200 Series, making its debut at Daytona. The AMA
Pro SuperSport division will also race on Friday and Saturday. The
Daytona 200 will once again be run as a day race on Saturday, March
12th and will be the closing event of the 2011 Daytona 200 Week
activities. 2010 Daytona 200 winner, Josh Herrin will lead the
field in the namesake AMA Pro Daytona SportBike class for the 70th
running of the famous event.
The series will then travel to Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.
for the West Coast Moto Jam, May 13 - 15, 2011. The popular
Infineon Raceway provides a full slate of activities throughout the
weekend and this year the AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 Series will
make its debut at the 2.32-mile natural road course.
Next on the schedule for AMA Pro Road Racing is a return to Miller
Motorsports Park on Memorial Day weekend, May 28 - 30, 2011 in
conjunction with the HANNspree Superbike World Championship event.
AMA Pro previously raced at the picturesque facility in Tooele,
Utah from 2006 to 2008.
Elkhart Lake's Road America will once again feature the full
complement of AMA Pro Road Racing as the series travels to the
legendary 4.0-mile road course through the Kettle Moraine
countryside in Wisconsin, June 3 - 5, 2011.
Celebrating it's 50th Anniversary Season, Mid-Ohio Sports Car
Course will host AMA Pro Road Racing one week earlier than usual,
the race taking place July 8 - 10, 2011. The Honda Super Cycle
Weekend presented by Dunlop Motorcycle Tire will
once again bring the eyes of the motorcycle racing world to the
gentle hills in Lexington, Ohio.
The series will then travel to Northern California to join the
activities at the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix weekend at Mazda Raceway
Laguna Seca, July 22 - 24, 2011. This weekend will feature single
races for National Guard SuperBike, Daytona SportBike and
SuperSport in addition to the first stop in the USA for MotoGP.
The next event will be in August at another great facility for
motorcycle racing, Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Va. The
August 12 - 14, 2011 weekend will once again see all Road Racing
classes competing at the 2.25-mile country-club-like natural road
course.
AMA Pro Road Racing will then travel to southern New Jersey for the
Labor Day weekend at the New Jersey Motorsports Park event in
Millville, N.J. Very popular with fans and competitors alike, the
impressive Thunderbolt circuit will host the series, September 2 -
4, 2011.
A return to Barber Motorsports Park, located in Birmingham, Ala.,
is still being negotiated and the June date and confirmation are to
be determined.
One additional season-ending event is also under consideration and
will be announced at a later date.
Preliminary 2011 AMA Pro Road Racing Schedule
March 10 - 12, 2011
May 13 - 15, 2011
May 28 - 30, 2011
June 3 - 5, 2011
TBD
July 8 - 10, 2011
July 22 - 24, 2011
August 12 - 14, 2011
September 2 - 4, 2011
*Season Finale Location, Date and Banquet: TBD
Daytona International Speedway
Infineon Raceway
Miller Motorsports Park
Road America
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Virginia International Raceway
New Jersey Motorsports Park