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36-race, 22-track, 19-state slate starts with Feb. 18 Daytona 500
 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 24, 2006) – The 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series schedule was announced today, 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-championship points events Tentative-Subject to Change
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