The Skip Barber Racing Winter Season is almost underway and series seats are filling upfast. The first rounds of the Skip Barber Southern Series and Western are quicklyapproaching and here’s a look at what’s coming up:

Western Series:The Skip Barber Formula Western Series will start offthe winter season at Mazda Raceway Laguna SecaNovember 6-7. Located in Monterey, California, thefifty-three year old track is 2.238-mile long with eleventurns (including the famous "Corkscrew") and 300 feetin elevation changes. Last year’s season opener’swinners included Formula Skip Barber 2000 driversEmil Sildos and Kyle Gimple, both with two wins.

Southern Series:The racers of the Skip Barber FormulaSouthern Series and the Skip Barber SouthernMAZDASPEED Challenge will be competingat Road Atlanta in Braselton, GeorgiaNovember 12-13. The 2.54 mile, twelve-turntrack is located in Northeast Georgia and isrecognized as one of the world’s best roadcourses. Road Atlanta has 320,000 visitorseach year from 33 states and 18 countries.Road Atlanta will be the first stop in the 2010-2011 winter schedule for the Southern Series

Last year’s winners for the Formula Skip Barber 2000 cars were Ashley Freiberg andFelix Serralles, both with two wins. In the MAZDASPEED Challenge, Tyler Wolfsonand Brian Freiberg were the winners of the weekend.To check openings and book a seat in the Southern or Western series, call yourSeries Adviser at (800) 221-1131 today.