Rockingham cut to two-day meeting

The move has been made to help its teams cut costs in view of the current economic climate. Round seven of the series at Chicago will also revert to a two-day format.

"The decision on Chicago and Rockingham was made not only to assist our teams with cost cutting issues, but to increase the excitement surrounding our events with two days of non-stop Champ Car action," said CART's vice-president of racing operations John Lopes.

"Implementing this new format further supports our commitment to our teams and focus on growing the CART FedEx Championship Series," he added.

The weekend schedule for the Rockingham 500 in Corby, England, on September 13-14 will feature practice and qualifying on Friday, and warm-up and the race on Saturday. Last year, practice and qualifying were cancelled due to track surface problems, although the race went ahead as planned.

The CART Grand Prix of Chicago at Chicago Motor Speedway will be contested on the weekend of June 29-30, with practice and qualifying on Saturday and warm-up and the race on Sunday.