Formula BMW Americas announced today five race weekends as part of the Championship's 2009 schedule. Confirmed are four events in North America with the American Le Mans Series to support the return of the BMW M3 to ALMS competition. For a second consecutive year, the season will end at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Formula BMW Americas will join the ALMS at Miller Motorsports Park, in Tooele, Utah, on May 15 - 17; Lime Rock Park, in Lakeville, Conn., on July 17-18; Road America, in Elkhart Lake, Wis., on Aug. 14-16; and Mosport International Raceway, in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, on Aug. 28-30. The season will end at the Brazilian Grand Prix, on Oct. 16-18.
Broadening the scope of series and on the heels of the first North American Formula BMW World Final in Mexico City, two venues south of the border are being negotiated to get the sixth season of Formula BMW Americas competition started.
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