iRacing Schedule for 2017 Season 4 – Just the Good Stuff, Condensed, with Commentary

Here’s a simplified version of the iRacing 2017 Season 4 schedule. This version only includes most, if not all, of the short track series.

LEGENDS

Week 1 (2017-09-12) Charlotte Motor Speedway – Legends Oval 40 laps
Week 2 (2017-09-19) Oxford Plains Speedway (Afternoon) 40 laps
Week 3 (2017-09-26) USA International Speedway (Afternoon) 40 laps
Week 4 (2017-10-03) South Boston Speedway (Night) 40 laps
Week 5 (2017-10-10) Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park – Oval Afternoon) 30 laps
Week 6 (2017-10-17) Lanier National Speedway (Night) 40 laps
Week 7 (2017-10-24) Charlotte Motor Speedway – Legends Oval (Afternoon) 40 laps
Week 8 (2017-10-31) Concord Speedway (Afternoon) 40 laps
Week 9 (2017-11-07) USA International Speedway (Afternoon) 40 laps
Week 10 (2017-11-14) South Boston Speedway (Afternoon) 40 laps
Week 11 (2017-11-21) Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park – Oval (Afternoon) 30 laps
Week 12 (2017-11-28) Lanier National Speedway (Afternoon) 40 lap

[Same old same old for the Legends Cars]

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LMS

Week 1 (2017-09-12) Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park – Oval (Night) 40 laps
Week 2 (2017-09-19) Langley Speedway (Night) 60 laps
Week 3 (2017-09-26) Myrtle Beach Speedway (Night) 50 laps
Week 4 (2017-10-03) Oxford Plains Speedway (Late Afternoon) 50 laps
Week 5 (2017-10-10) USA International Speedway (Night) 40 laps
Week 6 (2017-10-17) Irwindale Speedway – Outer (Afternoon) 50 laps
Week 7 (2017-10-24) Southern National Motorsports Park (Night) 50 laps
Week 8 (2017-10-31) Martinsville Speedway (Afternoon) 50 laps
Week 9 (2017-11-07) South Boston Speedway (Night) 60 laps
Week 10 (2017-11-14) The Bullring (Night) 50 laps
Week 11 (2017-11-21) Five Flags Speedway (Night) 50 laps
Week 12 (2017-11-28) Lanier National Speedway (Night) 60 laps

[The tracks got rearranged for Season 4. Wonder when we’ll get lights at Martinsville Speedway? Oxford and Irwindale would be fun under lights, too.]

410

Week 1 (2017-09-12) Eldora Speedway (Night) 30 laps
Week 2 (2017-09-19) USA International Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 25 laps
Week 3 (2017-09-26) Lanier National Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 30 laps
Week 4 (2017-10-03) Williams Grove Speedway (Afternoon) 30 laps
Week 5 (2017-10-10) Volusia Speedway Park (Night) 30 laps
Week 6 (2017-10-17) Eldora Speedway (Afternoon) 25 laps
Week 7 (2017-10-24) USA International Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 30 laps
Week 8 (2017-10-31) Lanier National Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 30 laps
Week 9 (2017-11-07) Williams Grove Speedway (Afternoon) 30 laps
Week 10 (2017-11-14) Volusia Speedway Park (Night) 25 laps
Week 11 (2017-11-21) Eldora Speedway (Afternoon) 30 laps
Week 12 (2017-11-28) USA International Speedway – Dirt (Night) 30 laps

[Obviously the cleaning lady at iRacing makes these schedules and she has something against bright lights at night. Seriously though, you have to wonder why. I speculate that it’s a graphics issue. Dirt is a load on older systems, and night racing adds more to that load. Just a wild guess. I can’t think of any other reason anybody would race anything but night on dirt with one late afternoon thrown in for good measure. People complained about all the afternoon races last season. I see nothing has changed. Just in case iRacing didn’t get the message: NOBODY WANTS TO RUN DAYTIME RACES ON DIRT, OR ON ANY SHORT TRACK FOR THAT MATTER. And here’s another thing. We ran the first two seasons of dirt on four different tracks. I think people are probably getting a little bit tired of those four tracks. Yet I look at this schedule and I see the only new track on there twice for the whole season. Here is more evidence that the cleaning lady is making these schedules. Let me get out my bullhorn again. HEY iRACING, WHY NOT RUN THE NEW TRACK YOU HAVE FOUR TIMES THIS SEASON AND RUN THOSE SAME OLD WORN OUT TRACKS TWICE EACH LIKE THIS GUY DID? No skin off my teeth. I don’t plan to run any official races anyway, but why continue to bore people when you have another option? If I didn’t know better, I would think that iRacing doesn’t want much participation on dirt.]

360

Week 1 (2017-09-12) Lanier National Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 25 laps
Week 2 (2017-09-19) Williams Grove Speedway (Afternoon) 25 laps
Week 3 (2017-09-26) Eldora Speedway (Afternoon) 25 laps
Week 4 (2017-10-03) USA International Speedway – Dirt (Night) 25 laps
Week 5 (2017-10-10) Volusia Speedway Park (Morning) 25 laps
Week 6 (2017-10-17) Lanier National Speedway – Dirt (Morning) 25 laps
Week 7 (2017-10-24) Eldora Speedway (Night) 25 laps
Week 8 (2017-10-31) USA International Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 25 laps
Week 9 (2017-11-07) Williams Grove Speedway (Afternoon) 25 laps
Week 10 (2017-11-14) Volusia Speedway Park (Afternoon) 25 laps
Week 11 (2017-11-21) Lanier National Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 25 laps
Week 12 (2017-11-28) Eldora Speedway (Night) 25 laps

[The cleaning lady must not have enough to do. Who the hell runs dirt races in the MORNING? ]

SLM

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Week 1 (2017-09-12) Lanier National Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 2 (2017-09-19) Volusia Speedway Park (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 3 (2017-09-26) Williams Grove Speedway (Night) 35 laps
Week 4 (2017-10-03) Eldora Speedway (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 5 (2017-10-10) USA International Speedway – Dirt (Night) 35 laps
Week 6 (2017-10-17) Volusia Speedway Park (Night) 35 laps
Week 7 (2017-10-24) Williams Grove Speedway (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 8 (2017-10-31) Eldora Speedway (Night) 35 laps
Week 9 (2017-11-07) Lanier National Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 10 (2017-11-14) Volusia Speedway Park (Night) 35 laps
Week 11 (2017-11-21) Williams Grove Speedway (Night) 35 laps
Week 12 (2017-11-28) Eldora Speedway (Afternoon) 35 laps

SS

Week 1 (2017-09-12) Eldora Speedway (Afternoon) 40 laps
Week 2 (2017-09-19) USA International Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 40 laps
Week 3 (2017-09-26) Volusia Speedway Park (Night) 40 laps
Week 4 (2017-10-03) Lanier National Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 40 laps
Week 5 (2017-10-10) Williams Grove Speedway (Night) 40 laps
Week 6 (2017-10-17) Eldora Speedway (Late Afternoon) 40 laps
Week 7 (2017-10-24) USA International Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 40 laps
Week 8 (2017-10-31) Volusia Speedway Park (Night) 40 laps
Week 9 (2017-11-07) Lanier National Speedway – Dirt (Late Afternoon) 40 laps
Week 10 (2017-11-14) Williams Grove Speedway (Afternoon) 40 laps
Week 11 (2017-11-21) Eldora Speedway (Night) 40 laps
Week 12 (2017-11-28) USA International Speedway – Dirt (Late Afternoon) 40 laps

SK

Week 1 (2017-09-12) USA International Speedway (Late Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 2 (2017-09-19) Concord Speedway (Afternoon) 40 laps
Week 3 (2017-09-26) Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park – Oval (Morning) 40 laps
Week 4 (2017-10-03) South Boston Speedway (Night) 50 laps
Week 5 (2017-10-10) Bristol Motor Speedway (Night) 40 laps
Week 6 (2017-10-17) The Bullring (Late Afternoon) 50 laps
Week 7 (2017-10-24) Stafford Motor Speedway – Full Course (Afternoon) 40 laps
Week 8 (2017-10-31) New Smyrna Speedway (Night) 40 laps
Week 9 (2017-11-07) Myrtle Beach Speedway (Late Afternoon) 40 laps
Week 10 (2017-11-14) Five Flags Speedway (Night) 40 laps
Week 11 (2017-11-21) Irwindale Speedway – Outer (Late Afternoon) 40 laps
Week 12 (2017-11-28) Lucas Oil Raceway (Night) 35 laps

PLM

Week 1 (2017-09-12) Lanier National Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 2 (2017-09-19) USA International Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 3 (2017-09-26) Volusia Speedway Park (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 4 (2017-10-03) Williams Grove Speedway (Night) 35 laps
Week 5 (2017-10-10) Eldora Speedway (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 6 (2017-10-17) Lanier National Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 7 (2017-10-24) USA International Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 8 (2017-10-31) Volusia Speedway Park (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 9 (2017-11-07) Williams Grove Speedway (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 10 (2017-11-14) Eldora Speedway (Night) 35 laps
Week 11 (2017-11-21) Lanier National Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 12 (2017-11-28) USA International Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 35 laps

ASPHALT SLM

Week 1 (2017-09-12) Southern National Motorsports Park (Night) 90 laps
Week 2 (2017-09-19) Lanier National Speedway (Night) 90 laps
Week 3 (2017-09-26) Bristol Motor Speedway (Night) 90 laps
Week 4 (2017-10-03) Five Flags Speedway (Night) 75 laps
Week 5 (2017-10-10) Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park – Oval (Night) 75 laps
Week 6 (2017-10-17) The Bullring (Night) 90 laps
Week 7 (2017-10-24) New Smyrna Speedway (Night) 90 laps
Week 8 (2017-10-31) Myrtle Beach Speedway (Night) 75 laps
Week 9 (2017-11-07) Stafford Motor Speedway – Full Course (Late Afternoon) 75 laps
Week 10 (2017-11-14) Langley Speedway (Night) 90 laps
Week 11 (2017-11-21) South Boston Speedway (Night) 90 laps
Week 12 (2017-11-28) Iowa Speedway – Oval (Night) 80 laps

UMP MODS

Week 1 (2017-09-12) Eldora Speedway (Night) 35 laps
Week 2 (2017-09-19) USA International Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 3 (2017-09-26) Volusia Speedway Park (Morning) 35 laps
Week 4 (2017-10-03) Williams Grove Speedway (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 5 (2017-10-10) Lanier National Speedway – Dirt (Morning) 35 laps
Week 6 (2017-10-17) Eldora Speedway (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 7 (2017-10-24) USA International Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 8 (2017-10-31) Volusia Speedway Park (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 9 (2017-11-07) Williams Grove Speedway (Morning) 35 laps
Week 10 (2017-11-14) Lanier National Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 11 (2017-11-21) Eldora Speedway (Late Afternoon) 35 laps
Week 12 (2017-11-28) USA International Speedway – Dirt (Afternoon) 35 laps

I didn’t look at the Limited Late Model or 305 Series.