Weekend Motorsports Roundup, Aug. 8-9, 2015
Welcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what's going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Whoa. Whoa. Wait a minute. Is that a NASCAR race car TURNING RIGHT?! What sorcery is this?!???!??
That's right: it's time for NASCAR to make an oh-so-rare but ever-wonderful road course outing, this time at the lovely and wonderful Watkins Glen. Unless you have a deep-seated philosophical hatred of the cars themselves, this is one of the don't miss races of the year. It's not something NASCAR does all that often, hence the concept of a "road course ringer" sometimes coming in from squiggly-racing-land to drive a car for these rare weekends.
Of course, all the top teams have their own dudes in the car because the battle for a Chase (the loony playoff-style manner where NASCAR picks a Sprint Cup winner) entry is on as well. So, don't expect Boris Said in the number 18 "Camry."
Everyting about Watkins Glen is awesome. NASCAR on Watkins Glen is hilarious and good. There's even rain tires in case of un-NASCAR-like weather. Yes. Rain tires. Mwahahahahaha.
Meanwhile, much of IMSA's suite of series, from Porsche GT3 Cup all the way to Tudor United SportsCar, are at another iconic road course: Road America. We're all waiting on baited breath to hear IndyCar finally officially announce the addition of Road America to their schedule, but in the meantime, let's watch some dadgummed sportscars.
It's wet up in Elkhart Lake. Ryan Eversley is in a Honda Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge car and Periscoped his bunk bed situation. Everything about Road America is good (and delicious; beware the curds and eggers).
Over in two-wheel-land, MotoGP is back in America! It's Indianapolis weekend for the premiere motorcycle series in the world. This, too, is good and wonderful.
Bonus: we'll post the live.nismo.tv English-language stream of the Super GT round at Fuji a little later today. Ever wish you could keep up with that crazy series full of heavily-winged GT cars? Y'know, in a language you speak? Here you go. If you're not keen on staying up 'til 1:30 in the morning, you can access the recording on Nismo's YouTube page to watch in the middle of the day Sunday, too.
This is just a ridiculously good weekend for motorsports. If you're not racing yourself, you have no excuse not to camp out in front of the TV all day Sunday.
If you know about anything we missed, or about good livestreams out there, let us know in the comments below.
All times below are EDT.
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Red Bull Ring
Spielberg, Austria
10:00 AM Saturday on CBSSN (replay from 7/31-8/2)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Cheez-It 355 Qualifying
Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen, NY
1:00 PM Saturday on NBCSN
Pro Motocross Unadilla National – 1st Motos
Unadilla Valley Sports Center
New Berlin, NY
1:00 PM Saturday on MAVTV (replay at 4:00 PM Saturday on MAVTV)
Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
Road America
Elkhart Lake, WI
1:20 PM Saturday live streaming on IMSA.tv and FansChoice.tv
NASCAR Xfinity Series Zippo 200
Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen, NY
3:00 PM Saturday on NBCSN
WRC Vodafone Rally de Portugal
Portugal
3:00 PM Saturday on MAVTV (replay from 5/21-24; replay at 6:00 PM Saturday on MAVTV)
Pro Motocross Unadilla National – 450 2nd Moto
Unadilla Valley Sports Center
New Berlin, NY
4:00 PM Saturday on NBC
Tudor United SportsCar Continental Tire Road Race Showcase Qualifying
Road America
Elkhart Lake, WI
4:35 PM Saturday on live streaming on IMSA.tv and FansChoice.tv
Pro Motocross Unadilla National – 250 2nd Moto
Unadilla Valley Sports Center
New Berlin, NY
5:30 PM Saturday on NBCSN
Porsche GT3 Cup USA – Race 1
Road America
Elkhart Lake, WI
6:25 PM Saturday live streaming on IMSA.tv and FansChoice.tv
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East #ThanksKenny 150
Iowa Speedway
Newton, IA
8:00 PM Saturday on NBCSN (replay from 7/31)
NHRA Northwest Nationals Qualifying
Pacific Raceways
Kent, WA
11:00 PM Saturday on ESPN2
SuperGT Round 4 – Fuji 300 km
Fuji Speedway
Oyama, Japan
1:30 AM Sunday live streaming on live.nismo.tv
Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Pro Lite and Pro 2 – Round 7
Miller Motorsports Park
Tooele, UT
5:00 AM Sunday on CBSSN (replay from 6/21)
MotoGP World Championship Red Bull Indianapolis GP Qualifying
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Speedway, IN
10:00 AM Sunday on FS1 (tape delay from Saturday)
MotoGP World Championship Red Bull Indianapolis GP
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Speedway, IN
12:00 PM Sunday on FS1 – Moto3
1:00 PM Sunday on FS1 – Moto2
2:00 PM Sunday on FS1 – MotoGP World Championship
Porsche GT3 Cup USA – Race 2
Road America
Elkhart Lake, WI
12:15 PM Sunday live streaming on IMSA.tv and FansChoice.tv
NASCAR Sprint Cup Cheez-It 355
Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen, NY
2:00 PM Sunday on NBCSN
NHRA Northwest Nationals
Pacific Raceways
Kent, WA
2:00 PM Sunday on ESPN3.com (replay at 9:00 PM Sunday on ESPN2)
Australian V8 Supercars Coates Hire Ipswitch SuperSprint
Queensland Raceway
Willowbank, Australia
3:00 PM Sunday on CBSSN (replay from 8/1-2)
Tudor United SportsCar Continental Tire Road Race Showcase
Road America
Elkhart Lake, WI
3:00 PM Sunday on FS1
Pirelli World Challenge – GT
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Lexington, OH
4:00 PM Sunday on CBSSN (replay from 8/1-2)
Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Pro Lite and Pro 2 – Round 8
Miller Motorsports Park
Tooele, UT
8:30 PM Sunday on CBSSN (replay from 6/22)
Formula DRIFT
Wall Speedway
Wall Township, NJ
9:30 PM Sunday on CBSSN (replay from 6/26-27)
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