NASCAR Cup Series Rumors

2013 NASCAR schedule released this week?

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It won't become official until later this week, but several reliable sources have released next year's NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule. The sanctioning body expects to confirm the "working copy" before the upcoming race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The 2013 schedule includes 36 points-paying races, 26 "regular-season" events followed by the annual 10-race Chase for the Championship playoffs.

All teams will run a 150-mile, non-points qualifying race at Daytona Beach in February. Some teams will run the non-points Budweiser Shootout at Daytona Beach in February and the Sprint Showdown and/or Sprint All-Star race at Charlotte in May. Other than the traditional Easter weekend in March, teams will have only one open weekend between mid-February and mid-November. There are no new venues and only one date change: Kansas Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway will swap their fall dates, Kansas City moving two weeks before Talladega (a week after Charlotte) instead of two weeks after. The 10 Chase venues remain the same as the past two years. Auto Week

Tentative 2013 Schedule

Date Track Location Race
2/16 Sat Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, FL Shootout*
2/21 Thur Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, FL Budweiser Duel*
2/24 Sun Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, FL Daytona 500
3/2 Sun Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, AZ Subway Fresh Fit 500 (k)
3/10 Sun Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, NV Kobalt Tools 400
?3/17 Sun Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, TN Food City 500
?3/24 Sun Auto Club Speedway Fontana, CA Auto Club 400
3/31 Sun Easter – OFF Weekend Easter Bunny 500
?4/7 Sun Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, VA Goody's Fast Relief 500
4/13 Sat night Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, TX Texas 500
? Sun Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS STP 400
?4/27 ?5/4 Sat Night Richmond International Raceway Richmond, VA Capital City 400
?4/28 ?5/5 Sun Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, AL Aaron's 499
?5/11 Sat Night Darlington Raceway Darlington, SC Bojangles' Southern 500
?5/18 Sat Night Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, NC Sprint Showdown*
?5/18 Sat Night Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, NC Sprint All-Star Race*
5/26 Sun night Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, NC Coca-Cola 600
6/2 Sun Dover International Speedway Dover, DE FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks 400
6/9 Sun Pocono Raceway Long Pond, PA Pocono 400
?6/16 Sun Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, MI Quicken Loans 400
?6/23 Sun Sonoma Sonoma, CA Toyota/Save Mart 350
?6/29 Sat night Kentucky Speedway Sparta, KY Quaker State 400
7/6 Sat Night Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, FL Coke Zero 400
?7/14 Sun New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, NH Lenox Industrial Tools 301
?7/21 Sun OFF Weekend Summer Heat 500
7/28 Sun Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, IN Crown Royal Presents the Brickyard 400
8/4 Sun Pocono Raceway Long Pond, PA Pennsylvania 400
?8/11 Sun Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, NY Finger Lakes 355(k)
?8/18 Sun Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, MI Pure Michigan 400
?8/24 Sat Night Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, TN IRWIN Tools Night Race
?9/1 Sun Night Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, GA AdvoCare 500
?9/7 Sat Night Richmond International Raceway Richmond, VA Federated Auto Parts 400
9/15 Sun Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, IL Geico 400
?9/22 Sun New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, NH Sylvania 300
9/29 Sun Dover International Speedway Dover, DE AAA 400
?10/6 Sun Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS Hollywood Casino 400
?10/12 Sat Night Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, NC Bank of America 500
?10/20 Sun Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, AL Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500
?10/27 Sun Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, VA Tums Fast Relief 500
11/3 Sun Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, TX AAA Texas 500
11/10 Sun Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, AZ Phoenix 500(k)
?11/17 Sun Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, FL Ford 400