The Mazda Motorsports Hour will focus on the stars of tomorrow, young up-and-coming racers looking to move up the Mazda Road to Indy and the MAZDASPEED Motorsports Ladder.  The hour-long broadcasts will focus on the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear and the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda in addition to the Playboy MX-5 Cup. IZOD IndyCar Series star James Hinchcliffe will join Benjamin in the booth for the MAZDA Road to Indy open-wheel broadcasts.

All 11 of the 2012 Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup races will be broadcast as part of the Mazda Motorsports Hour on Velocity.

Mazda Motorsports Hour Air Dates (all times Eastern); Series: Venue

Saturday, April 21 – 12 p.m.; Playboy MX-5 Cup Round 1: Sebring International Raceway   
Saturday, April 28 – 12 p.m.; Playboy MX-5 Cup Round 2: Sebring International Raceway
Saturday, May 5 – 12 p.m.; Star Mazda: Streets of St. Petersburg
Saturday, May 12 – 12 p.m.; USF2000: Sebring & G.P. of St. Petersburg
Sunday, May 20 – 12 p.m.; Star Mazda: Barber Motorsports Park
Saturday, June 9 – 12 p.m.; Playboy MX-5 Cup Round 3: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Saturday, June 16 – 12 p.m.; Playboy MX-5 Cup Round 4: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Saturday, June 23 – 12 p.m.; Star Mazda: Lucas Oil Raceway Park
Saturday, June 30 – 12 p.m.; USF2000: Lucas Oil Raceway Park
Saturday, July 7 – 12 p.m.; Playboy MX-5 Cup Round 5: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Saturday, July 21 – 12pm ; Playboy MX-5 Cup, Round 6: Road America, Elkhart, WI 
Saturday, July 28 – 12pm ; Star Mazda: Iowa Motor Speedway 
Saturday, August 4 – 12pm; Star Mazda: Grand Prix of Toronto, Ontario, CANADA 
Saturday, August 18 – 12pm; Playboy MX-5 Cup, Round 7: Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Ontario, CANADA 
Saturday, August 25 – 12pm; Star Mazda: Grand Prix of Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA 
Saturday, September 1 – 12pm; Star Mazda: GP3R Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, CANADA 
Saturday, September 29 – 12pm; Star Mazda: Grand Prix of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 
Saturday, October 6 – 12pm; USF2000: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, OH & Streets of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 
Saturday, October 13 – 12pm; Star Mazda: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA  
Saturday, October 20 – 12pm; Playboy MX-5 Cup, Round 8: Virginia International Raceway (VIR), Alton, VA 
Saturday, October 27 – 12pm; Playboy MX-5 Cup, Round 9: Coronado Festival of Speed, San Diego, CA 
Saturday, November 10 – 12pm; Playboy MX-5 Cup, Round 10: Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA
Saturday, November 17 – 12pm; Playboy MX-5 Cup, Round 11: Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA  
Saturday, November 24 – 12pm; Star Mazda: Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA

Dates and times subject to change. 

Velocity, formerly HD Theater, is available as Channel 281 on DirecTV and Channel 364 on Dish Network. To find Velocity channel on your local cable network, go to http://velocity.discovery.com and type your zip code into the channel finder.