ARCA: 2011 calendar takes shape.

The work-in-progress ARCA Series schedule for the 2011 season has continued to take shape, with three more race dates for the stock car championship confirmed today

Talladega Superspeedway will host the series on April 15, opening a weekend of NASCAR Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup action.

Kansas Speedway will do the same on October 7, with the ARCA event preceding NASCRA's Chase for the Sprint Cup round at the Missouri venue. The race moves back to a Friday, having been run on a Thursday in 2009 and 2010.

Chicagoland Speedway will welcome ARCA on June 4 as the first event of a same-day double-header with the Nationwide Series. The Chicagoland race moves from its former slot in late August/early September.

"These three tracks are great facilities in great markets," said ARCA president Ron Drager. "This is a real opportunity for our teams and drivers to be on track during the high-visibility ISC race weekends,"

"Our relationship with these tracks is continually evolving, as evidenced by Kansas moving our race from a Thursday afternoon to a Friday evening and expanding our potential audience, and Chicagoland offering this opportunity for us to run with the Nationwide Series."

ARCA will continue to announce its 2011 plans over the coming weeks. Thus far seven events have been confirmed.

Confirmed 2011 races/dates

February 12 - Daytona International Speedway
May 1 - Salem Speedway
June 11 - Pocono Raceway
June 17 - Michigan International Speedway
June 25 - Winchester Speedway
August 6 - Pocono Raceway
September 17 - Salem Speedway

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James Weeks.