Nextel Cup Series schedule
NASCAR announced the Nextel Cup Series schedule for the 2007 season on Thursday with California Speedway getting two dates again.
The first visit will be Feb. 25, the second race of the year and the weekend following the Daytona 500.
The second visit is Sept. 2, the Labor Day race and the 25th race of the year.
The Chase for the Championship starts two races after the second California Speedway race.
There were no changes to the race sites from the 2006 season. The Chase races will be the same as this year. There are a few changes to the order of the events, such as the Brickyard 400 on July 29 followed by the Pocono Raceway event the first week in August.
Here is the schedule:
Feb 10 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona – Daytona International Speedway*
Feb 18 Daytona International Speedway
Feb 25 California Speedway
Mar 11 Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Mar 18 Atlanta Motor Speedway
Mar 25 Bristol Motor Speedway
Apr 1 Martinsville Speedway
Apr 15 Texas Motor Speedway
Apr 21 Phoenix International Raceway
Apr 29 Talladega Superspeedway
May 5 Richmond International Raceway
May 12 Darlington Raceway
May 19 NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge – Lowe’s Motor Speedway*
May 27 Lowe’s Motor Speedway
Jun 3 Dover International Speedway
Jun 10 Pocono Raceway
Jun 17 Michigan International Speedway
Jun 24 Infineon Raceway
Jul 1 New Hampshire International Speedway
Jul 7 Daytona International Speedway
Jul 15 Chicagoland Speedway
Jul 29 Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Aug 5 Pocono Raceway
Aug 12 Watkins Glen International
Aug 19 Michigan International Speedway
Aug 25 Bristol Motor Speedway
Sep 2 California Speedway
Sep 8 Richmond International Raceway
Sep 16 New Hampshire International Speedway
Sep 23 Dover International Speedway
Sep 30 Kansas Speedway
Oct 7 Talladega Superspeedway
Oct 13 Lowe’s Motor Speedway
Oct 21 Martinsville Speedway
Oct 28 Atlanta Motor Speedway
Nov 4 Texas Motor Speedway
Nov 11 Phoenix International Raceway
Nov 18 Homestead-Miami Speedway
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Tim Haddock covers motorsports — including stock-car and open-wheel racing — for the Los Angeles Daily News.
The president of the California Speedway has admitted today on Nascar.com that it has struggled to sell out both Nextel races. Something that most of us who follow the sport already know. To me, its not the 75 mile drive. It is several other problems. Number one is the lack of side by side racing. #2, When the cars are so far apart, the sound bounce from the buildings behind pit row is annoying. I hope the new configuration at Las Vegas doesn't create this problem. I have attended every cup race at LVMS since they opened. #3, I still hate paying $7. for a beer. Its worse at Dodger Stadium since the beer is hardly ever cold. The fans never get a break. The track either needs to be shortened, reconfigured, or just make it a restrictor plate race. The West race should be run on Saturday with the Busch cars.