2010 Nascar Sprint Cup Schedule

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The Nascar Spring Cup season, based on an intricate point system, consists of 36 races held throughout the year.

The 52nd running of the Daytona 500 will officially open the 2010 season on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at Daytona International Speedway.

Overall, the 2010 schedule is more standardized than in recent years, with the timing of green flag starts made more uniform resulting in 1 pm (ET) start times scheduled fairly across the board.

Later on in the season, The Chase really begins as the year winds down - scheduled from September to November - comprising the last & final top 10 races with all the excitement of a major league playoff.

Just up ahead, check out the complete 2010 schedule along with more information on Sprint Cup race schedules around the Web including pictures & updates, driver profiles & bios, cup chase history, stats & trivia ....

2010 Sprint Cup Schedule

All times ET. Dates, locations and times subject to change.

Date	Race	Track	TV Schedule
02/14/10	Daytona 500	Daytona International Speedway	FOX, 1:00 pm
02/21/10	Auto Club 500	Auto Club Speedway	FOX, 3:00 pm
02/28/10	Shelby 427	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	FOX, 3:00 pm
03/07/10	Kobalt Tools 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway	FOX, 1:00 pm
03/21/10	Food City 500	Bristol Motor Speedway	FOX, 1:00 pm
03/28/10	Goody's Fast Relief 500	Martinsville Speedway	FOX, 1:00 pm
04/05/10	Samsung 500	Texas Motor Speedway	FOX, 1:00 pm
04/10/10	Subway Fresh Fit 500	Phoenix International Raceway	FOX, 7:30 pm
04/25/10	Aaron's 499	Talladega Superspeedway	FOX, 1:00 pm
05/02/10	Crown Royal Presents the Your Name Here 400	Richmond International Raceway	FOX, 7:30 pm
05/10/10	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway	FOX, 7:30 pm
05/16/10	Autism Speaks 400	Dover International Speedway	FOX, 1:00 pm
05/22/10	Sprint All Star Race	Lowe's Motor Speedway	SPEED, 7:30 pm
05/30/10	Coca-Cola 600	Lowe's Motor Speedway	FOX, 5:45 pm
06/06/10	Pocono 500	Pocono Raceway	TNT, 1:00 pm
06/13/10	Lifelock 400	Michigan International Speedway	TNT, 1:00 pm
06/20/10	Toyota/Save Mart 350	Infineon Raceway	TNT, 3:00 pm
06/27/10	Lenox Industrial Tools 301	New Hampshire Int'l Speedway	TNT, 12:30 pm
07/03/10	Coke Zero 400	Daytona International Speedway	TNT, 6:30 pm
07/10/10	LifeLock.com 400	Chicagoland Speedway	TNT, 6:30 pm
07/25/10	Brickyard 400	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	ESPN, 1:00 pm
08/01/10	Pennsylvania 500	Pocono Raceway	ESPN, 1:00 pm
08/08/10	Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips @ The Glen	Watkins Glen International	ESPN, 1:00 pm
08/15/10	CARFAX 400	Michigan International Speedway	ESPN, 1:00 pm
08/21/10	Sharpie 500	Bristol Motor Speedway	ESPN, 7:30 pm
09/05/10	Pep Boys 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway	ESPN, 5:45 pm
09/11/10	Chevy Rock & Roll 400	Richmond International Raceway	ABC, 1:00 pm
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09/19/10	Sylvania 300	New Hampshire Intl Speedway	ABC, 1:00 pm
09/26/10	AAA 400	Dover Intl Speedway	ABC, 1:00 pm
10/03/10	Price Chopper 400	Kansas Speedway	ABC, 1:00 pm
10/10/10	Pepsi 500	Auto Club Speedway	ABC, 3:00 pm
10/16/10	Bank of America 500	Lowe's Motor Speedway	ABC, 7:30 pm
10/24/10	TUMS QuikPak 500	Martinsville Speedway	ABC, 1:00 pm
10/31/10	AMP Energy 500	Talladega Superspeedway	ABC, 1:00 pm
11/07/10	Dickies 500	Texas Motor Speedway	ABC, 1:00 pm
11/14/10	Checker Auto Parts 500	Phoenix Intl Raceway	ABC, 3:00 pm
11/21/10	Ford 400	Homestead-Miami Speedway	ABC, 1:00 pm

More about the Sprint Cup around the Web:

NASCAR.com - Sprint Cup Series - The official site of the Chase, with the latest updated news & video clips, driver profiles, opinion & editorials and the complete annual Nextel Cup schedule.

Yahoo! Sports - NASCAR - What's happening in the Cup races including expert news features from news wires & sports magazines, current results and standings, photo galleries, and related links to messageboards, chats, TV listing schedules.

Motorsports - MSNBC - News headlines, the latest on the Chase, complete Sprint Cup schedule, slideshows of the hottest stars in NASCAR, editorials & opinion, driver interviews, photo galleries, video clips.

Insider Racing News - Sprint Cup central - with all the latest news, commentary and race coverage, featured columns and guest articles, current standings, races and TV schedule, photo galleries, forum.

Nextel Cup - A complete history of racing's grand prize, including an explanation of the point system, extensive list of winners, race tracks, Cup trivia and related links, from Wikipedia.

Jayski's Silly Season Site - Sprint Cup - Major clearninghouse for pictures, news, rumors.

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