Plea for help

[Lorna]

Hi peeps.

Just want to thank those that have kindly emailed/pm'd me with events calendars for 2001 or info. They are, Redshoes, Andy H, Carrie, Mr Antill, Sparky, Peter Mallett. Soz if I've missed anyone out. Thanx a bunch

I have a few gaps to fill so would be grateful if anyone has news on dates for the following series:

Macau Grand Prix
Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 - Zandvoort
European Le Mans Series
Spa 24hr Touring Car Event
Mini Se7en/Miglia
Mighty Minis
MotoGP Bikes
Isle of Man TT Races
European BOSS F1 Series
Brooks International Historic Festival
VSCC
HSCC
Thoroughbred Grand Prix
London to Brighton Run

Many thanks
Lorna

[Lorna]

I have European Le Mans now.

[Marshal]

The Brooks International Historic Festival is the Saturday/Sunday/Monday of August bank holiday weekend.

[Craig]

This is the sum total of what I can find out at this time. Hope it helps.

Macau Grand Prix
Asian Touring Car Championship & FIA Formula 3 Intercontinental Cup
November 16-18 - Macau, China

Marlboro Masters of Formula 3
August 5 - Zandvoort, Holland

European Le Mans Series
The European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series are new for 2001; joining the already established American Le Mans Series.

Because they are new, certain events count for more than one of the series - a full list of events and which series they are part of is below:

March 4 ALMS Texas Motor Speedway
March 17 ALMS/ELMS Sebring 12 Hours
April 14 ALMS/ELMS Donington Park
May 20 ALMS/ELMS Jarama
July 15 ELMS Estoril
July 22 ALMS Sears Point
August 4 ALMS Portland International Raceway
August 5 ELMS Salzburgrng
August 19 ALMS Mosport
August 25 ALMS Circuit Mont Tremblant
September 2 ELMS Vallelunga
September 9 ALMS Laguna Seca
October 6 ALMS/ELMS Petite Le Mans
October 21 ALMS Charlotte Motor Speedway
November 11 ASIAN Sepang
December 2 ASIAN Adelaide

Spa 24hr Touring Car Event
Cannot find mention of at all - anywhere

Mini Se7en/Miglia
Dates not finalised yet.

Mighty Minis
Dates not finalised yet - Chris Y will know as soon as they are though.

MotoGP Bikes
Apr 8 - Suzuka, Japan
Apr 22 - Welkom, South Africa
May 6 - Jerez, Spain
May 20 - Le Mans, France
June 3 - Mugello, Italy
June 17 - Barcelona, Spain
June 30 - Assen, Holland
July 8 - Donington Park
July 22 - Saschenring, Germany
August 26 - Brno, Czech Republic
September 9 - Estoril, Portugal
September 17 - Valencia
October 7 - Twin-ring Motegi, Japan
October 14 - Phillip Island, Australia
October 21 - Sepang, Malaysia
November 4 - Jacarepagua, Brazil

Isle of Man TT Races
2nd June - 2pm - TT Formula 1 - 6 Laps - 226.38 miles
2nd June - 5pm - Sidecar "A" Race - 3 Laps - 113.19 miles
4th June - 10.45am - Lightweight 250cc - 4 Laps - 150.92 miles
4th June - 1.45pm - Sidecar "B" Race - 3 Laps - 113.19 miles
6th June - 10.45am - Ultra Lightweight 125cc/Single Cylinder - 4 laps - 150.92 miles
6th June - 1.15pm - Junior 600cc - 4 Laps - 150.92 miles
8th June - 10.45am - Production TT - 3 Laps - 113.19 miles
8th June - 1.15pm - Senior TT - 6 Laps - 226.38 miles

European BOSS F1 Series
Cannot find anywhere

Brooks International Historic Festival
See TimD

VSCC
See TimD

HSCC
See TimD

FIA Thoroughbred Grand Prix
May 5-6 - Donington Park
May 13 - Monza, Italy
June 10 - Most, CZ
August 12 - Nurburgring, Germany
September 23 - Dijon, France

London to Brighton Run
See TimD

ADDITIONAL SERIES - not sure if you have these ?

FIA Formula 3 European Cup
2-4 June - Pau, France

2001 Holden Australian Drivers' Championship
Round Date Venue

1 March 23rd - 25th Phillip Island
2 April 6th - 8th Adelaide Street Circuit
3 May 11th - 13th Hidden Valley
4 June 8th - 10th Canberra Street Circuit
5 July 13th - 15th Calder Park
6 July 27th - 29th Oran Park
7 August 10th - 12th Mallala Motorsport Park
8 September 7th - 9th Winton Motor Raceway

CART Toyota Atlantic 2001 schedule

April 8 - Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach - Streets of Long Beach
May 6 - Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix - Nazareth Speedway
June 2 - Miller Lite 225 -The Milwaukee Mile
June 9 - Grand Prix Air Canada - Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada
July 1 - The Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland - Burke Lakefront Airport
July 15 - Molson Indy - Canadian National Exhibition Place, Toronto, Canada
July 29 - Target Grand Prix - Chicago Motor Speedway
August 5 - Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres - Trois Rivieres, Canada
August 19 - Motorola 220 - Road America, Elkhart Lake
September 2 - Molson Indy Vancouver - Streets of Vancouver
October 7 - Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston - Streets of Houston
October 13 - Honda Grand Prix of Monterey - Laguna Seca Raceway

Formula Palmer Audi

14 April Donington GP Races 1 - 2
7 May Brands Hatch GP Races 3 - 4
13 May Silverstone GP Races 5 - 6
10 June Spa Francorchamps GP Races 7 - 8
24 June Snetterton Races 9 - 10
21 July Brands Hatch GP Races 11 - 12
29 July Thruxton Races 13 - 14
18 August Brands Hatch Indy Races 15 - 16
2 September Snetterton Races 17 - 18


NOTES
Eurocar V6 & V8 have been rebranded as V-Sports Racing for 2001.

The F1 supporting F3000 series has been rebranded 'FIA Formula 3000 International Championship'

The Italian F3000 series has been rebranded 'European F3000'
[Edited by Craig Antill on 7th January 2001]

[Sparky]

Lorn, the Mini Miglia and Seven schedule will be on this page as soon as they're announced.
(Note: the dates currently shown are 2000!!)

[SL]

London to Brighton run is always the 1st Sunday in November.

Simon

[SL]

Spa details will be shown on this page when they get round to updating it. It is quite a good site with good updates of the 24hr race and the F1 race

http://www.spa-francorchamps.be

Simon

[Craig]

And then there's http://www.spa24hours.com/ but this contains no dates for 2001 either

[Lorna]

Thanks very much guys. You don't know how much I appreciate this. From a tired and weary Lorny who's beginning to wish she's never started this!

[TimD]

Craig, you're scaring me....

I'll get on to the dates you asked for - along with Aston Martin meetings (Group C sportscars anyone?) assuming you don't have the days already.

[Lorna]

Hi Tim,

I have the Aston Martin meetings already but a double check wouldn't go a miss, so if you have the time, I would be ever so grateful. Any other events you would like me to post would be ever so grateful. If you already know of URL's for the events as well, it saves me a job. I've spent too much time surfing trying to find out information. I'm a baby compared to some of you lot when it comes to years of knowledge of motorsport!

Thanks.

[Sparky]

Lorn, I believe the European Boss Championship 2001 schedule will appear here as soon as it's available. (Read the footnote on the page. I think It's the right place.)

[redshoes]

Spa 24hr is going to be for GT's this year - 29 July

[Lorna]

Have I told you lot that you are absolute stars? Thanks! I'm giving it a rest for a couple of days. I've done too many hours today, but it is shaping up nicely now. Keep them coming, though. Much appreciated.

[TimD]

Having done a little browsing this evening, I can see what you are fighting against, Lorna.

It's as though the governing bodies of British motor sports are determined to run 2000 all over again. Like, it's the new year, guys.

I've found 2000 calendars for BHL, Thruxton, Thoroughbred GP, HSCC, VSCC, Bentley Drivers Club (tsk - I must have words), and several others. Sheesh.

But I can confirm that the VCC London-Brighton run is November 4th. Not a competition event, but a great day out.

Thanks to Donington, who do have their 2001 calendar on display, I can report the HSCC are there on April 8th, the Top Hat classic saloons will visit on May 5/6th, and the Vintage Sports Car Club on May 19/20.

Thinks: I wonder if some of the organising clubs will have events lists to hand at Autosport International?

[Lorna]

Thank you Tim! You definitely DO see my battle. I have to find fan sites or general motorsport sites to search out the dates because the official sites are just so slack! At least Daily-F1.com can put a provisional calendar on their site months ago (or it seemed like it).

I didn't realise Donington had got their act together. I will check them out.

I've been to all those sites apart from Bentley so would be grateful for a URL or/and update when it is available.

London-Brighton event - not important if it is championship event or not. My site is for people to be able to plan their weekends.

And I will be pressuring people for events and addresses and stuff at the Autosport Show. I will have a chat with some if I get the chance as well to ask them why they take so long to put out their dates. It does my flipping head in. By the time I have got the site up and running, it will be pointless putting the Paris-Daker rally on their cos it will be over!

I am stressed. Need a couple of days away from my computer

[DAVID PATERSON]

Australian V8 supercar calendars are available at http://www.v8supercar.com.au Both the level 1 Shell series and level 2 Konica series are there.

Historic Sports & Racing Car Association of New South Wales All Historic Race Meetings:-

Oran Park south circuit - 26-28 January
Oran Park GP circuit - 20-22 April
Eastern Creek - 7-9 September
Wakefield Park - 24 & 25 November

[DAVID PATERSON]

Historic Racing Car Club of Queensland:-

Annual Lakeside Historic race meeting - July 28-29

Queensland Cup for Historic Touring Cars -
Rounds 1&2 - Lakeside March 17-18
Rounds 3&4 - Queensland Raceway June 16-17
Rounds 5&6 - Queensland Raceway October 13-14

[Lorna]

Thanks David! Much appreciated.

[Craig]

Do you have a copy of the European V6 Clio calendar yet Lorna ? Trying to locate one

[Lorna]

I do not. So throw it over to me

[redshoes]

Think the Euro Clio series is on the same bill as FIA GT / Euro TC.

[Lorna]

Aha! That would be a support race then, would it not?

[D428 CHO]

Don't forget the MGOC Racing series! MGBs, Midgets, MGFs, Maestros & Montegos. All meetings I've attended so far were very entertaining. Calendar has just been confirmed as follows:

1st March Mallory Park test day
Round 1 -17th March -Silverstone
Round 2 - 8th April - Mallory Park
Round 3 - 22nd April - Brands Hatch
Round 4 - 13th May - Lydden Hill
Round 5 - 23/24th June - Pembrey
Rounds 6&7 - 21/22nd July - Angelsey
Rounds 8&9 - 5th August - Knockhill
Round 10 - 9 September - Cadwell Park
Round 11 - 29/30th September - Snetterton
Round 12 -14th October - Thruxton
Round 13 - 27th October - Donington Park

[WoodyTJ]

Such a popular girl Lorna .... keep up the good work, it will be worth it in the end!