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Last weekend was all about the big names in Formula One getting their fancy rides on their fancy taxis, but this weekend should be a bit different. This weekend is about giving dirt its time to shine.
Yes, I know, something about dirty and shining doesn't make much sense, but we're talking about Off Road Racing, on both trucks and bikes. The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series is making an appearance on CBS, which is a television channel, and the Motocross des Nations, which is kind of like the World Series of motocross, with other countries involved as well, so it makes it more like the Olympics of motocross, but we like to call it the World Series even though it's only teams in America, so it's really nothing like the World Series, so let's just go with Olympics.
And if you have no idea what I'm talking about at all, this is what Off Road Racing looks like:
Yes. Awesome.
If you truly insist upon racing that takes place on roads that are paved with asphalt, you can always cheer on friend of Jalopnik, contributor, and lifesaver-through-horsepower Parker Klingerman in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. And, if Sir insists upon twisty bits in their racing as well, there's DTM in the Netherlands and the Rolex Sports Car Championship Weekend.
Even though this weekend may not have the big names or big circus of F1, it still looks to be absolutely fantastic.
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. 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.
All times Eastern.
MotoGP Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón Qualifying
Motorland Aragón
Aragon, Spain
7:30 AM Saturday on SPEED2
NASCAR Sprint Cup AAA 400 Practice
Dover International Speedway
Dover, Delaware
11 AM Saturday on FS2
NASCAR Nationwide Series 5-Hour Energy 200 Benefiting Living Beyond Breast Cancer Qualifying
Dover International Speedway
Dover, Delaware
12 PM Saturday on FS2
Rolex Sports Car Series Championship Weekend
Lime Rock Park
Lakeville, Connecticut
1:30 PM Saturday on FS2
Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (Pro 4 and Pro 2)
Wild West Off Road Park
Sparks, Nevada
2 PM Saturday on CBS
NASCAR Nationwide Series 5-Hour Energy 200 Benefiting Living Beyond Breast Cancer
Dover International Speedway
Dover, Delaware
3:30 PM Saturday on ESPN
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Smith's 350
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, Nevada
8 PM Saturday on FS1
MotoGP Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón
Motorland Aragón
Aragon, Spain
8 AM Sunday on FS1
MotoGP Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón Qualifying
Motorland Aragón
Aragon, Spain
7:30 AM Saturday on SPEED2
DTM Zandvoort
Circuit Park Zandvoort
Zandvoort, Netherlands
9:30 AM Sunday on SPEED2
Rolex Sports Car Series Championship Weekend (replay)
Lime Rock Park
Lakeville, Connecticut
12 PM Sunday on FS1
NASCAR Sprint Cup AAA 400
Dover International Speedway
Dover, Delaware
1 PM Sunday on ESPN
Motocross des Nations
Teustchenthal
Teustchenthal, Germany
3 PM Sunday on CBSSN
NHRA AAA Insurance Midwest Nationals
Gateway Motorsports Park
Madison, Illinois
8:30 PM Sunday on ESPN2
Weekend Motorsports Roundup, September 28-29, 2013