What is the typical schedule and support events for an IRL weekend?
Most IRL events are three-day affairs. Generally, the teams begin practice on Friday, along with practice for the supporting events. Usually the IRL cars will have a morning and an afternoon session. Qualifying is generally on Saturday afternoon, prior to the support events. This is generally followed by a final practice for the qualifiers. The IRL race is then run on Sunday afternoon. Some IRL races are run on Saturday night, and at these qualifying is usually on Friday. Most IRL events are supported by the Formula 2000 (ex-Formula Ford) series, and when this is the case, the the F2000 event is sometimes run just prior to the IRL event. However, some IRL events have other support series which will run the day before. The ARCA stock cars, the NASCAR truck series, and the USAC Midgets all appear from time to time at IRL events.
