"IndyCar World Series" calender

[crozier74]

Just a bit of fun for the off season here. With the addition of the IRL's first foreign race at Motegi in Japan, what would be an ideal "IndyCar World Series" calender be like? Here's my attempt, complete with circuit info from www.racingcircuits.net:

Mar Miami: Homestead-Miami
http://www.racingcircuits.net/United...steadOval.html
Mar Arizona: Phoenix
http://www.racingcircuits.net/United...oenixOval.html
Apr Canada: Sanair
http://www.racingcircuits.net/Canada/qu/SanairOval.html
Apr Illinois: Gateway
http://www.racingcircuits.net/United...tewayOval.html
May Indiana: Indianapolis
http://www.racingcircuits.net/United...napolisMS.html
Jun Mexico: Mexico City
http://www.racingcircuits.net/Mexico...oCityOval.html
Jun Brazil: Jacarepaguá
http://www.racingcircuits.net/Brazil/RioOval.html
Jul South Africa: Welkom
http://www.racingcircuits.net/SouthA...elkomOval.html
Jul Australia: Calder
http://www.racingcircuits.net/Australia/CalderOval.htm
Jul Sweden: Viking
http://www.racingcircuits.net/Sweden...rParkOval.html
Aug United Kingdom: Rockingham
http://www.racingcircuits.net/United...nghamOval.html
Aug Germany: Lausitzring
http://www.racingcircuits.net/German...zringOval.html
Aug Tennessee: Nashville
http://www.racingcircuits.net/United...rspeedway.html
Sep Pennsylvania: Nazareth
http://www.racingcircuits.net/United.../Nazareth.html
Sep Colorado: Pikes Peak
http://www.racingcircuits.net/United...PikesPeak.html
Oct California: Fontana
http://www.racingcircuits.net/United...a/Fontana.html
Oct Texas: Fort Worth
http://www.racingcircuits.net/United...WorthOval.html

Leftovers:

Kansas: Kansas
http://www.racingcircuits.net/United...ks/Kansas.html
Michigan: Michigan
http://www.racingcircuits.net/United...ichiganIS.html
Kentucky: Kentucky
http://www.racingcircuits.net/United...ySpeedway.html
Illinois: Chicagoland
http://www.racingcircuits.net/United...l/Route66.html
Virginia: Richmond
http://www.racingcircuits.net/United.../Richmond.html

So a total of 17 races, 1 more than at present. I tried to schedule the tracks so that the dates are away from any other major motorsport events in that country, and to minimise the distance travelled between countries, eg. Sweden to UK to Germany. It was difficult having to cut some US tracks from the schedule, but I tried to keep those tracks in different areas of the country and the ones with variety such as Nashville, Phoenix and Nazareth.

What do you guys think, and what changes would you make?