Texas: Racing Mecca

Texas has 25 million people. In 2013, there will be 4 major car races in Texas. One  Formula 1 (Austin), two Indy (Houston and Fort Worth) and one Nascar (Fort Worth). Well, officially, there will be two Indy races in Houston on the same weekend, but lets call that a gimmick.

As you may have heard, Texas is big. But much of the population is concentrated Dalas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Austin. Although those cities form a nice triangle and are fairly close together compared to the rest of Texas, there are still significant distance between them: Dallas to Houston, for example, is 420km. Austin to Dallas is 300km.

Still, that is a high density of racing. France has a population of 65 million people and no major race in 2013. Metro Sao Paulo has a population of 20 million, and will have 2. However, Indianapolis only has 1.7 million people and yet will have 2 races. Greater Detroit will also have 2 races despite their economic depression.

By the way, the Austin F1 race is getting a 25 million dollar state subsidy, per year, for the next 10. That is about $250 per ticket!

Formula 1 season (Wikipedia). 

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date
1	Australian Grand Prix[37]	Albert Park, Melbourne	17 March
2	Malaysian Grand Prix[38]	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	24 March
3	Chinese Grand Prix[39]	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	14 April
4	Bahrain Grand Prix[40]	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	21 April
5	Gran Premio de España[41]	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona[42]	12 May
6	Grand Prix de Monaco[43]	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	26 May
7	Grand Prix du Canada[44]	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	9 June
8	British Grand Prix[45]	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	30 June
9	Großer Preis von Deutschland[46]	Nürburgring, Nürburg	14 July
10	Magyar Nagydíj[47]	Hungaroring, Budapest	28 July
11	Belgian Grand Prix[48]	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	25 August
12	Gran Premio d'Italia[49]	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	8 September
13	Singapore Grand Prix[50]	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore	22 September
14	Korean Grand Prix[51]	Korea International Circuit, Yeongam	6 October
15	Japanese Grand Prix[1]	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	13 October
16	Indian Grand Prix[52]	Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida	27 October
17	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix[53]	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	3 November
18	United States Grand Prix[54]	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	17 November
19	Grande Prêmio do Brasil[55]	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	24 November

Indy (Wikipedia)

Rnd	Date	Race name	Track	Location	Television
1	March 24	Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg[28]	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	NBC Sports Network
2	April 7	Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama[29]	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama	NBC Sports Network
3	April 21	39th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach[30]	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	NBC Sports Network
4	May 5	Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestlé[31]	Streets of São Paulo	São Paulo, Brazil	NBC Sports Network
5	May 26	97th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	ESPN on ABC
6	June 1	Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix[32]	Belle Isle	Detroit, Michigan	ESPN on ABC
7	June 2
8	June 8	Firestone 550[33]	Texas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth, Texas	ESPN on ABC
9	June 15	Milwaukee IndyFest[34]	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	NBC Sports Network
10	June 23	Iowa Corn Indy 250[35]	Iowa Speedway	Newton, Iowa	ESPN on ABC
11	July 7	Pocono IndyCar 400[36]	Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	ESPN on ABC
12	July 13	Honda Indy Toronto[37]	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	NBC Sports Network
13	July 14
14	August 4	Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	NBC Sports Network
15	August 25	GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma	Sonoma Raceway	Sonoma, California	NBC Sports Network
16	September 1	Grand Prix of Baltimore	Streets of Baltimore	Baltimore, Maryland	NBC Sports Network
17	October 5	Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston	Reliant Park	Houston, Texas	NBC Sports Network
18	October 6
19	October 19	MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships	Auto Club Speedway	Fontana, California	NBC Sports Network

NASCAR (Wikipedia)

No.	Race Title	Track	Date
	Daytona Shootout	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach	February 16[48]
	Budweiser Duels		February 21[48]
1	Daytona 500		February 24[49]
2	Subway Fresh Fit 500	Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale	March 3[50]
3	TBA	Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas	March 10[51]
4	Food City 500	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol	March 17
5	Auto Club 400	Auto Club Speedway, Fontana	March 24
6	TBA	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway	April 7
7	TBA	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth	April 13[52]
8	TBA	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City	April 21
9	TBA	Richmond International Raceway, Richmond	April 27
10	Aaron's 499	Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega	May 5
11	TBA	Darlington Raceway, Darlington	May 11[51]
	NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race XXIX	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord	May 18[51]
12	Coca-Cola 600		May 26[51]
13	TBA	Dover International Speedway, Dover	June 2[53]
14	Pocono 400	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond	June 9[54]
15	TBA	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn	June 16
16	TBA	Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma	June 23
17	Quaker State 400	Kentucky Speedway, Sparta	June 29
18	Coke Zero 400	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach	July 6
19	Lenox Industrial Tools 301	New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon	July 14
20	Crown Royal 400	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway	July 28
21	TBA	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond	August 4
22	TBA	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen	August 11
23	Pure Michigan 400	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn	August 18
24	Irwin Tools Night Race	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol	August 24
25	AdvoCare 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton	September 1
26	TBA	Richmond International Raceway, Richmond	September 7
Chase for the Sprint Cup
27	GEICO 400	Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet	September 15
28	Sylvania 300	New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon	September 22
29	TBA	Dover International Speedway, Dover	September 29[53]
30	TBA	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City	October 6
31	TBA	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord	October 12
32	TBA	Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega	October 20
33	TBA	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway	October 27
34	TBA	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth	November 3[52]
35	TBA	Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale	November 10[50]
36	TBA	Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead	November 17 [1]