2012 Nascar Schedule - Sprint Cup Schedule

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

Changes to the 2012 schedule include the season-opening Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway starting one week later with the running of the preseason Shootout at Daytona on Feb. 18.

The 54th annual Daytona 500 kicks off the official season this year on February 26. Other changes of note include Talladega Superspeedway's Chase event moving up two weeks to October 7, 2012 becoming the fourth race in the Chase.

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

Just up ahead check out the complete 2012 schedule along with more information on Sprint Cup race schedules around the Web including pictures & updates, driver profiles & bios, cup chase history, stats & trivia ....

2012 NASCAR Schedule

All times Eastern (ET). Dates and times subject to change.

	Date	Race	Track	TV Schedule
1	02/26/12	Daytona 500	Daytona Int'l Speedway	FOX, 1PM
2	03/04/12	Subway Fresh Fit 500	Phoenix Int'l Raceway	FOX, 3PM
3	03/11/12	Kobalt Tools 400	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	FOX, 3 PM
4	03/18/12	Food City 500	Bristol Motor Speedway	FOX, 1PM
5	03/25/12	Auto Club 400	Auto Club Speedway	FOX, 3 PM
6	04/01/12	Goody's Fast Relief 500	Martinsville Speedway	FOX, 1PM
7	04/14/12	Samsung Mobile 500	Texas Motor Speedway	FOX, 7:30 PM
8	04/22/12	STP 400	Kansas Speedway	FOX, 1PM
9	04/28/12	Richmond 400	Richmond Int'l Raceway	FOX, 7:30 PM
10	05/06/12	Aaron's 499	Talladega Superspeedway	FOX, 1PM
11	05/12/12	Showtime Southern 500	Darlington Raceway	FOX, 7:30 PM
	05/19/12	Sprint All Star Race	Charlotte Motor Speedway	SPEED, 7:00PM
12	05/27/12	Coca-Cola 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway	FOX, 6 PM
13	06/03/12	FedEx 400	Dover Int'l Speedway	FOX, 1PM
14	06/10/12	Pocono 400	Pocono Raceway	TNT, 1PM
15	06/17/12	Heluva Good! 400	Michigan Int'l Speedway	TNT, 1PM
16	06/24/12	Toyota/Save Mart 350	Infineon Raceway	TNT, 3PM
17	06/30/12	Quaker State 400	Kentucky Speedway	TNT, 7:30PM
18	07/07/12	Coke Zero 400	Daytona Int'l Speedway	TNT, 7:30PM
19	07/15/12	Lenox Industrial Tools 301	New Hampshire Int'l Speedway	TNT, 1PM
20	07/29/12	Brickyard 400	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	ESPN, 1PM
21	08/05/12	Pennsylvania 400	Pocono Raceway	ESPN, 1PM
22	08/12/12	Heluva Good! @ The Glen	Watkins Glen International	ESPN, 1PM
23	08/19/12	Pure Michigan 400	Michigan Int'l Speedway	ESPN, TBA
24	08/25/12	Irwin Tools Night Race	Bristol Motor Speedway	ABC, 7:30PM
25	09/02/12	AdvoCare 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway	ESPN, 7:30PM
26	09/08/12	Wonderful Pistachios 400	Richmond Int'l Raceway	ABC, 7:30PM
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27	09/16/12	Geico 400	Chicagoland Speedway	ESPN, 7:30PM
28	09/23/12	Sylvania 300	New Hampshire Intl Speedway	ESPN, 2PM
29	09/30/12	AAA 400	Dover Intl Speedway	ESPN, 2PM
30	10/07/12	Good Sam Club 500	Talladega Superspeedway	ESPN, 2PM
31	10/13/12	Bank of America 500	Charlotte Motor Speedway	ABC, 7:30PM
32	10/21/12	Hollywood Casino 400	Kansas Speedway	ESPN, 2PM
33	10/28/12	TUMS Fast Relief 500	Martinsville Speedway	ESPN, 1PM
34	11/04/12	AAA Texas 500	Texas Motor Speedway	ESPN, 3PM
35	11/11/12	Kobalt Tools 500	Phoenix Int'l Raceway	ESPN, 3PM
36	11/18/12	Ford 400	Homestead-Miami Speedway	ESPN, 3PM

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More about the NASCAR and the Chase for the 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 Sprint 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 message boards, 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.

Sprint Cup Series - 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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