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2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series - The top racing series in NASCAR

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2/12/2008

The 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will begin on February 9, 2008 at Daytona International Speedway with the Budweiser Shootout, followed by pole qualifying for the 50th Daytona 500 on February 18.   The season will continue with the Sprint for the Cup beginning September 14 with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and conclude with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 16. Due to the merger in 2005 of Sprint and NEXTEL, NASCAR's premier series will be known as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for the 2008 season and beyond, and will crown the first ever Sprint Cup Champion. The series has no connection with Sprint car racing, for NASCAR uses stock car bodies. Coors also replaces Budweiser as Official Beer of NASCAR thereby becoming the new sponsor of the Pole Award given to top qualifier in each Sprint Cup race.

All Sprint Cup races will utilize the Car of Tomorrow template.  NASCAR announced on May 22, 2007 that the original timetable, which would have the full-time use of the single car template in 2009, was being abandoned as 80% of all owners were in favor of moving the full-time use of the CoT one year ahead so they would not race with two sets of rules for all but ten races.

The cars that have been approved for the 2008 season will be the Chevrolet Impala, the Dodge Charger, the Ford Fusion and the Toyota Camry. Dodge had used the Avenger in the 2007 CoT races, but has stated that the Charger will be used full time in 2008.

The following table shows the 2008 schedule published by NASCAR.

Date

Race

Distance

Venue

Television

02/09/2008

Budweiser Shootout

90 Laps (225 Miles)

Daytona International Speedway

FOX

02/14/2008

Gatorade Duels

150 Miles × 2

Daytona International Speedway

SPEED

02/17/2008

50th Daytona 500

500 Miles

Daytona International Speedway

FOX

02/24/2008

Auto Club 500

500 Miles

California Speedway

FOX

03/02/2008

UAW-Dodge 400

400 Miles

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

FOX

03/09/2008

Kobalt Tools 500

500 Miles

Atlanta Motor Speedway

FOX

03/16/2008

Food City 500

500 Laps (266.5 Miles)

Bristol Motor Speedway

FOX

03/30/2008

Goody's Cool Orange 500

500 Laps (263 Miles)

Martinsville Speedway

FOX

2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series - The second-highest racing series in NASCAR.

The 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series will begin on February 16, 2008 at Daytona International Speedway with the Camping World 300. The season will conclude on November 15, 2008 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 300. NASCAR's second-tier series will be known as the NASCAR Nationwide Series beginning with the 2008 season, ending the 26 year sponsorship by Anheuser-Busch's Busch Beer. The seven-year agreement gives Nationwide Insurance the exclusive rights to tie its brand to NASCAR's second most popular racing series.

 The following table shows the 2008 schedule published by NASCAR. Race names are subject to change.

Date

Race

Distance

Venue

T.V.

Radio

02/16/2008

Camping World 300

300 Miles

Daytona International Speedway

ESPN2

MRN

02/23/2008

Stater Brothers 300

300 Miles

California Speedway

ESPN2

MRN

03/01/2008

Sam's Town 300

300 Miles

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

ESPN2

PRN

03/08/2008

TBA 300

300 Miles

Atlanta Motor Speedway

ESPN2

PRN

03/15/2008

Sharpie Mini 300

300 Laps (159.9 Miles)

Bristol Motor Speedway

ABC

PRN

03/22/2008

Pepsi 300

225 Laps (300 Miles)

Nashville Superspeedway

ESPN

MRN

2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series - The third-highest racing series in NASCAR

The 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season will begin on February 17, 2008 at Daytona International Speedway with the Chevy Silverado HD 250. The season will conclude on November 14 of that year at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 200. The season will also be the last under the Craftsman sponsorship banner. Sears Holdings Corporation, the owners of the Craftsman brand name of tools, is withdrawing sponsorship after this season.

The following table shows the 2008 schedule published by NASCAR. Race names are subject to change.

Date

Race

Distance

Venue

T.V.

02/15/2008

Chevy Silverado HD 250

250 Miles

Daytona International Speedway

SPEED Channel

02/23/2008

San Bernardino County 200

200 Miles

California Speedway

Fox

03/08/2008

American Commercial Lines 200

200 Miles

Atlanta Motor Speedway

SPEED Channel

03/29/2008

Kroger 200

250 Laps (125 Miles)

Martinsville Speedway

SPEED Channel

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