NASCAR announces 2007 Nextel Cup schedule 'Race to the Chase' to highlight 10 events before Chase
The 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series schedule was announced Thursday, a 36-race slate starting with the 49th annual Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 18 at Daytona International Speedway. On Sunday, Nov. 18, Homestead-Miami Speedway will again host the season finale.
Other key dates:
On Sunday, July 1, New Hampshire International Speedway will host the first event in the "Race to the Chase," the 10-race prelude to the "Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup."
On Sunday, July 29, the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard will be held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
On the evening of Saturday, Sept. 8, Richmond International Raceway will be the final event in the "Race to the Chase."
The week after Richmond, on Sunday, Sept. 16, New Hampshire again will have the kick-off event in the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup, which covers the season's last 10 races and determines the series champion.
In addition to the 36-race regular schedule, the series' two traditional "non-points" events are again slated, both for Saturday nights. The 29th annual Budweiser Shootout at Daytona will be held on Feb. 10, while the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge is set for May 19 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
There are no changes from the 2006 schedule, in terms of sites. There are, however, several adjustments to the schedule's order.
In July, the schedule will go from New Hampshire (July 1), to Daytona (July 7) and then Chicagoland Speedway (July 15). Previously, the order was Daytona-Chicago-New Hampshire.
Also, Indianapolis' event will close out July (July 29), followed the next week (Aug. 5) by Pocono Raceway. Previously, Pocono preceded Indianapolis. Those two races will follow the season's final open week.
2007 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES SCHEDULE
Date
Site
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
* "Non-points" event
In 2008, Texas will host the first race in the chase to the race to the chase.
They sure do seem to kiss the guy who owns New Hampshire's butt alot. (the only track on the circuit who isn't owned by ISC or Speedway Motorsports).
First he gets the first race in the Chase, now, he gets to have his first race be one of the ones called 'the race to the chase' which is pretty gay if you ask me.
and lets not forget he got that second date when the races were still boring there.
The reason is its the only track on East coast. Tons of fans up here LOTS of MONEY spent! We all know the bottom line is the money. Try and get a ticket up here. If New York ever builds a track kiss one of those dates good bye,
