User:Pikalin38/Fictional Ben and Toad's Contest 8

Season 8 of Ben and Toad's Contest will start on February 6, 2016. 84 contestants will participate with a 31-week airing. Notable events that will happen include Euro 2016, the 2016 Indy 500: The 100th Anniversary and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

2016 IndyCar season
The season will be extended to BATC season 9, BATC fans said.

Schedule
Germany: Can we move Fontana from June to maybe... October, September, March or November? To avoid all this hot weather in June? (Lee Sang-Hwa after finishing 23rd at MAVTV 500). Fontana should be the ending instead of Boston, German fans said; but BATC suggested the ending to be in California, either Sonoma, Fontana or Laguna Seca. The Germans decided to keep St Petersburg as the opener and the last race to be after Boston; the venue for the season 8 BATC finals. The experienced Germany IndyCar squad will have Birdo and Yoshi again named to the squad for the fourth consecutive IndyCar season. Lee Sang-Hwa and Nicolien Sauerbreij will also be named for the Germany squad driving for Will Power. Germany's national team will not have Helio Castroneves named for the first time since the 2012 season.

Czech Republic: Cancel the NOLA race and also cancel Barber Motorsports Park for the 2016 season. The Czech squad, mostly containing of Ueli Kestenholz and Garbine Muguruza, will say Fontana as the season ending in September. The team captain Ueli Kestenholz, turning 41 on May 10, has confirmed to cheer for Charlie Kimball; the driver they had been cheering since the season in 2011.

Italy: Move the Grand Prix of NOLA to March as it was inclement weather last year, and move Detroit to July for some better weather. Italia liked Germany's predicted schedule, as St Petersburg is the opener for the fifth consecutive year. Italy and Russia will drive together full time for the first time since the 2013 season.

Russia: Have all the IndyCar rounds stay in the United States. We want no Toronto round. Confirmed before the death of Bianchi, Italy and Russia will drive together full time for the first time since the 2013 season. Russia, along with Poland, cannot qualify for May 10 birthdays if host nation Honduras qualifies. Russia suggested postponing the Grand Prix of St Pete from March 20 to March 21 for inclement weather.

Honduras: We're 41 on the 10th of May that year. And if we can qualify for Today's Birthdays May 10 we can play Germany, whose driver is Will Power in 2016. Honduras would like St Petersburg as their opener and Fontana should be moved to better weather, Germany said. Honduras is set to race IndyCar full time for the first time since 2013.

Sweden: The Swedes confirmed that St Petersburg is cancelled for 2016 as less money was the reason. No Sepang PLEASE, Germany! But if Germany decided to keep the St Pete race, that was the reason why Phoenix will not return in 2016.

Colombia: The IndyCar points leader after Fontana suggested postponing the Grand Prix of Indianapolis to May 15. Colombia will enter the Indianapolis 500 as the defending champion. During the Women's World Cup final, Colombia decided to have the opener not Phoenix, but... St Petersburg again!

Indy 500
The defending champions are Colombia, who won the Indy 500 in 2015. This will be the first Indy 500 without Justin Wilson as he died in August 2015.

Germany is the defending champion for the 2016 Pit Stop Challenge. The Germans will not defend their title with Helio Castroneves as Honduras chose him instead. The Germans will instead participate for Will Power.

2016

 * No Cleveland.....


 * The BATC announced that the race at NOLA will be moved to Switzerland.
 * St Pete is moved back two weeks from March 27 to March 13, to clash with the Italy-Russia birthday round.
 * Germany will move Auto Club original date to Sweden, because Auto Club's not returning to the 2016 IndyCar season. Germany will also not be present for the NASCAR race there in 2016; replaced by Estonia.
 * Auto Club Speedway won't come back in 2016 due to poor sales and not finding a date.
 * Toronto is moved to July back in 2016, before the 2016 Summer Olympics; this time becoming a doubleheader instead of a single race.
 * AS NOLA is not returning to the 2016 schedule, BATC suggested having comebacks of other NASCAR ovals.
 * The Germany national IndyCar team announced that the race in Mexico will be cancelled.
 * Road America's BACK!!!!!!!!!
 * The return of Phoenix is known to be on April 2, 2016. BATC is still unsure about it.
 * Due to Justin Wilson's death, Germany reported a no-return to Miami International Speedway.
 * The Netherlands suggested having Sonoma and not Boston as the 2016 season finale. Might be on BATC season 9 early weeks.
 * If IndyCar doesn't have a race on the 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend, the Netherlands will accept a wildcard for the event.

Drivers participating

 * will have to participate with a different driver as their usual one died.
 * James Hinchcliffe will return from injury.
 * The season six champion, Juan Pablo Montoya, will continue his racing career.
 * Bulgaria returns to the series for the first time since 2009.
 * Netherlands returns to full time racing for the first time since being eliminated from DWTS season 15 week 3.
 * Sweden returns to full time for the first time since 2012.

Contestants
The contestants will not be announced until September 20, 2015. 84 contestants are scheduled to participate; and have at least ten contestants from the host country of the 2016 Summer Olympics that have not competed on the show yet. There will be 40 DWTS contestants on the American version that have not competed on BATC yet, but it was announced after the death of Justin Wilson at the age of 37.

Week 1: Opening Ceremony

 * Air date: February 6, 2016
 * Task Scope: For the sixth consecutive season, the opening ceremony will be hosted by a different country in a season. In season 8, Romania will host it.
 * Winning team:
 * Cause of win:
 * Losing team:
 * Cause of loss:
 * Fired:
 * Notes: