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Title: 2009 Racing Schedule -- MotoGP, WSBK, AMA Post by: Spidey on January 27, 2009, 10:37:53 PM 2009 MotoGP Schedule (Link (http://www.motogp.com/en/calendar+circuits))
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 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 (http://www.superbike.it/pubb_EN/calendar.php) 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 Title: Re: 2009 Racing Schedule -- MotoGP, WSBK, AMA Post by: tufty on January 28, 2009, 05:43:41 AM 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. Title: Re: 2009 Racing Schedule -- MotoGP, WSBK, AMA Post by: zooom on January 28, 2009, 06:45:12 AM 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... Title: Re: 2009 Racing Schedule -- MotoGP, WSBK, AMA Post by: gm2 on January 28, 2009, 07:00:33 AM you must be referring to worldwide numbers then?
Title: Re: 2009 Racing Schedule -- MotoGP, WSBK, AMA Post by: zooom on January 28, 2009, 07:27:58 AM you must be referring to worldwide numbers then? yes... Title: Re: 2009 Racing Schedule -- MotoGP, WSBK, AMA Post by: gm2 on January 28, 2009, 07:32:43 AM do we know which one had the larger world audience last year?
Title: Re: 2009 Racing Schedule -- MotoGP, WSBK, AMA Post by: zooom on January 28, 2009, 07:37:05 AM no clue
Title: Re: 2009 Racing Schedule -- MotoGP, WSBK, AMA Post by: gm2 on January 28, 2009, 07:55:37 AM well, wsbk has twice as many events, so... ;D
wonder what the numbers really are. Title: Re: 2009 Racing Schedule -- MotoGP, WSBK, AMA Post by: Triple J on January 28, 2009, 02:47:06 PM I like how the WSBK schedule list Utah as a country. [laugh]
Title: Re: 2009 Racing Schedule -- MotoGP, WSBK, AMA Post by: BastrdHK on February 05, 2009, 10:17:54 AM well, wsbk has twice as many events, so... ;D 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 (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 (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. ' |