The WSBK Series is heading for the Miller Motorsports Park in Utah, the 4.907 km circuit, which lies 1300 metres above sea level for round No. 5 of the current 2011 season, not far from the world-famous Bonneville Salt Flats.

As usual, the Miller Motorsports Round will be held on Memorial Day weekend (28-30 May. As a result, first qualifying takes place on Saturday, the Tissot Superpole on the Sunday and the two WSBK races on the Monday.

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Current championship leader Carlos Checa will undoubtedly be the star attraction on his Althea Racing Ducati machine as he aims to make up for disappointing runs at Monza. Checa has a 27 point lead over second-placed man Marco Melandri (Yamaha World Superbike).

The Miller circuit appears to lend itself to double winners, with Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia) taking the honours in 2010 following on from Ben Spies (Yamaha) in 2009, both becoming champions at the end of the year.

The ‘BigM Weekend' will have World Superbike as its feature event, while the rest of the programme will include AMA Pro Road Racing support races from the national Superbike Championship, the Daytona SportBike Championship, Supersport and XR1200s.