Skip Barber Racing School, LLC today announced the formation of aunified 2009-2010 Skip Barber MAZDASPEED Challenge Winter Tour, replacing the separatesouthern and western regional schedules.The Skip Barber MAZDASPEED Challenge“As we continue to develop and grow the Skip Barber MAZDSPEED Challenge concept, we arelearning key ways that it differs from the open-wheel Skip Barber Race Series,” said ToddSnyder, VP of Competition at Skip Barber Racing School. “Based on feedback from ourcustomers, a single winter championship that visits many tracks is more compelling than twosmaller championships on opposite ends of the country.”

2009-2010 Skip Barber MAZDASPEED Challenge Winter Tour schedule

October 24-25 Carolina Motorsports Park*November 13-14 Road AtlantaJanuary 23-24 Homestead-Miami SpeedwayFebruary 13-14 Sebring International RacewayMarch 13-14 Mazda Raceway Laguna SecaApril 9-10 Sebring International Raceway

* Points earned by drivers who participated in race weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca onOctober 31-November 1 will be transferred to the already completed Carolina Motorsports Parkrace weekend.

Since its beginning during the 2007 season, the Skip Barber MAZDASPEED Challenge hasbecome the largest “arrive and drive” sports car racing series in North America. The series hasproven popular with not only Skip Barber Racing School graduates and Race Series drivers, butalso with SCCA competitors looking to learn a new track or improve their lap times without havingto worry about prepping their cars.

The 2009-2010 Skip Barber MAZDASPEED Challenge Winter Tour continues at Road Atlanta theweekend of November 13-14. A limited number of seats are available for this event. For moreinformation or to reserve your spot in the weekend please contact Skip Barber Racing School at800.221.1131 or visit skipbarber.com.