2009 Racing Schedule -- MotoGP, WSBK, AMA

[Spidey]

2009 MotoGP Schedule  (Link)

Rd    Dates             Grand Prix Circuit

1      April 12 *          Qatar                 Doha/Losail
2      April 26              Japan                Motegi
3      May 3                Spain                 Jerez de la Frontera
4      May 17              France               Le Mans
5      May 31              Italy                   Mugello
6      June 14             Catalunya           Catalunya
7      June 27 **        Netherlands        Assen
8      July 5 ***         United States      Laguna Seca
9      July 19              Germany            Sachsenring
10    July 26              Great Britain       Donington Park
11    August 16         Czech Rep          Brno
12    August 30         USA                   Indianapolis
13    Sept 6              Italy                   Misano
14    Sept 20            Hungary              Lake Balaton
15    Oct 4                Portugal             Estoril
16    Oct 18              Australia             Phillip Island
17    Oct 25              Malaysia             Sepang
18    Nov 8               Spain                 Valencia

*     Evening race/course nocturne
**   Saturday
*** Only MotoGP class



2009 World Superbike Schedule  (Link

Round     DATE                      Location

1            March 1                   Phillip Island       Australia  
2            March 14                 Losail                 Qatar
3            April 5                     Valencia             Spain  
4            April 26                   Assen                 Netherlands  
5            May 10                    Monza                Italy  
6            May 17                    Kyalami              South Africa
7            May 31                    Salt Lake City      Utah
8            June 21                   Misano                San Marino
9            June 28                   Donington Park     England
10          July 26                     Brno                   Czech Republic  
11          September 6            Nurburgring         Germany
12          September 27          Imola                  Italy
13          October 4                Magny-Cours       France
14          October 25              Estoril                 Portugal



2009 AMA Superbike Schedule

March 4-6              Daytona Int'l Speedway              Daytona Beach, FL
March 20-22          Auto Club Speedway                   Fontana, CA
May 1-3                 Barber Motorsports Park             Birmingham, AL
May 15-17             Sears Point/Infineon                   Sonoma, CA  
May 29-31             Miller Motorsports Park               Salt Lake City, UT
June 5-7                Road America                            Elkhart Lake, WI
July 3-5                 Laguna Seca                              Monterey, CA
July 17-19             Mid Ohio                                     Lexington, OH
July 31-August 2    Heartland Park*                          Topeka, KS
August 14-16         Virginia Int'l Raceway                  Alton, VA
September 4-6      New Jersey Motorsports Park*      Millville, NJ

*Pending Rider Safety Committee evaluation

[tufty]

No Road Atlanta for AMA?

I guess the motorcycling world is taking the hint from RA that they don't care if bikes run their circuit or not. It's sad really.

[zooom]

seems May 17th, July 26th, Sept 6th, and Oct 4th & 25th will be big TV racing viewing weekends with choices to make as to which to watch and whatnot...

I make 1 prediction....WSBK garners a larger viewing audience and following continuously throughout the season over MotoGP.

I hope I am wrong...but it is just a gut feeling based on how things seem to be going...

[gm2]

you must be referring to worldwide numbers then?

[zooom]

you must be referring to worldwide numbers then?

yes...

[gm2]

do we know which one had the larger world audience last year?

[zooom]

no clue

[gm2]

well, wsbk has twice as many events, so...  

wonder what the numbers really are.

[Triple J]

I like how the WSBK schedule list Utah as a country. 

[BastrdHK]

well, wsbk has twice as many events, so...   

wonder what the numbers really are.

WSBK numbers are quite high, claiming a growing audience from 2 billion in both '05 and '06 worth 600 million to media companies.

Excerpt from the website: 

http://www.bikercafe.co.uk/sport/world-superbikes/ducati-corse-world-superbike-team-extends-sponsorship-with-xerox.html

'Over the past two years the Ducati Xerox Team has claimed more race victories than any other team in the World Superbike Championship, with James Toseland (UK) and Regis Laconi (France) in 2005 and Troy Bayliss (Australia) and Lorenzo Lanzi (Italy) in 2006. In both 2005 and 2006 the World Superbike Championship involved 12 rounds and 24 races across three continents with approximately 1,000,000 race spectators, a TV audience of more than 2 billion worldwide viewers (cumulative) and live broadcast on 94 networks covering 173 countries.'

MotoGP is still king however, according to a CBS Sports demographic study in 2007, it pulls more than double the viewership that WSBK does with 69% being male,  54% of those males are between 25-44yrs old, well educated, and median incomes.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2007/May/070503a.htm

'Currently MotoGP TV broadcasts reach 207 countries, with 184 of those in live or same day delayed format. An average of 142 million spectators see the live/SDD broadcasts, with a total average audience per GP of 311 million viewers. In 2006, an estimated 5.2 billion people around the world tuned into MotoGP races.
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