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?
It may be August, and everyone may be on vacation, but no matter! Summer season is racing season, and there's still plenty that's going on. There's all three major NASCAR series, the Rolex Sports Car Series, DTM, MotoGP, Motocross, and NHRA. Like I said, there's plenty going on.
Both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and the Truck Series are in Brooklyn, but no, not the ironic Brooklyn, but the Brooklyn that's in Michigan, which is still ironic, I suppose. If you don't love ovals, though, the Nationwide Series is at the Mid-Ohio sports car course, with all of the requisite twisty bits.
On the DTM front, the German touring car series is returning to the Nürburgring, but unfortunately it's just the shorter GP course instead of the Green Hell that is the Norschleife. Even still, it should make for some scenic stuff.
As a reminder, this week the SPEED network changed over the Fox Sports 1, and the FUEL network changed over to Fox Sports 2. Weirdly, SPEED2.com is also still a Thing. So in the meantime just to try to keep the changes in mind.
We know there's been a few site changes recently, so in the interests of comfort and familiarity we'll be keeping the races in the body of the posts, as well as on the map. Of course, please use our image annotation tool on the map above to show us races we might have missed, where they're being held, and where we can livestream them.
Get it while it's good.
All times Eastern.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Pure Michigan 400 Practice
Michigan International Speedway
Brooklyn, Michigan
8:30 AM Saturday on FS1
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Michigan National Guard 200 Qualifying
Michigan International Speedway
Brooklyn, Michigan
9:30 AM Saturday on FS1
NASCAR Nationwide Series Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 Qualifying
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Lexington, Ohio
9:30 AM Saturday on ESPN2
NASCAR Sprint Cup Pure Michigan 400 Final Practice
Michigan International Speedway
Brooklyn, Michigan
11 AM Saturday on FS1
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Michigan National Guard 200
Michigan International Speedway
Brooklyn, Michigan
12 PM Saturday on FS1
AMA Pro Racing Red Bull Indianapolis GP
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis, Indiana
1 PM Saturday on CBSSN
NASCAR Nationwide Series Nationwide Children's Hospital 200
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Lexington, Ohio
2 PM Saturday on ESPN
AMA Motocross Utah National
Miller Motorsports Park
Salt Lake City, Utah
3 PM Saturday on NBCSN
5 PM Saturday on FS2
Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge SFP Grand Prix
Kansas Speedway
Kansas City, Kansas
4 PM Saturday on SPEED2.com
MotoGP Red Bull Indianapolis GP Qualifying
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis, Indiana
7 PM Saturday on FS2
Rolex Sports Car Series SFP Grand Prix
Kansas Speedway
Kansas City, Kansas
8PM Saturday on FS2
DTM Nürburgring
Nürburgring GP-Strecke
Nürburg, Germany
9:30 AM Sunday on SPEED2.com
NASCAR Sprint Cup Pure Michigan 400
Michigan International Speedway
Brooklyn, Michigan
12 PM Sunday on ESPN
MotoGP Red Bull Indianapolis GP
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis, Indiana
2 PM Saturday on FS1
Rolex Sports Car Series SFP Grand Prix
Kansas Speedway
Kansas City, Kansas
4 PM Sunday on FS1 (replay)
NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals
Brainerd International Raceway
Brainerd, Michigan
9 PM Sunday on ESPN2
Weekend Motorsports Roundup, August 16-17, 2013