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CUP: NASCAR Releases 2012 Schedule
The 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule is not radically changed...
Tom Jensen  |  Posted September 28, 2011   Charlotte, NC
The 2012 Sprint Cup season officially kicks off with the Daytona 500 on Feb. 26. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
The 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule, which was released earlier today, contains some minor tweaks, but no dramatic realignment as has been the case in years past .

Here are the key changes:

Starting in February, all of Daytona Speedweeks is pushed back one week.

The March off week between Las Vegas and Bristol is eliminated, and instead there is no Cup race during the second week of April. In fact, there are just two off weekends all year long.

The first of two Kansas races moves from June to April.

The April Talladega date moves to May.

The first Dover races moves back to its old slot after Charlotte in the first weekend in June.

Kentucky moves from July to the last race in June.

In October, Talladega and Kansas swap dates, with Talladega to be the first weekend of the month and Kansas the third.

2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Schedule:

Date —Track
2/18 — Daytona International Speedway (Shootout)
2/19 — Daytona International Speedway (Daytona 500 Qualifying)
2/23 — Daytona International Speedway (Duels)
2/26 — Daytona 500

3/4 — Phoenix International Raceway
3/11 — Las Vegas Motor Speedway
3/18 — Bristol Motor Speedway
3/25 — Auto Club Speedway

4/1 — Martinsville Speedway
4/14 — Texas Motor Speedway
4/22 — Kansas Speedway
4/28 — Richmond International Raceway

5/6 — Talladega Superspeedway
5/12 — Darlington Raceway
5/19 — All Star-Charlotte Motor Speedway
5/27 — Charlotte Motor Speedway

6/3 — Dover International Speedway
6/10 — Pocono Raceway
6/17 — Michigan International Speedway
6/24 — Infineon Raceway
6/30 — Kentucky Speedway

7/7 — Daytona International Speedway
7/15 — New Hampshire Motor Speedway
7/29 — Indianapolis Motor Speedway

8/5 — Pocono Raceway
8/12 — Watkins Glen International
8/19 — Michigan International Speedway
8/25 — Bristol Motor Speedway

9/2 — Atlanta Motor Speedway
9/8 — Richmond International Raceway
9/16 — Chicagoland Speedway
9/23 — New Hampshire Motor Speedway
9/30 — Dover International Speedway

10/7 — Talladega Superspeedway
10/13 — Charlotte Motor Speedway
10/21 — Kansas Speedway
10/28 — Martinsville Speedway

11/4 — Texas Motor Speedway
11/11 — Phoenix International Raceway
11/18 — Homestead Miami Speedway

Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief of SPEED.com, Senior NASCAR Editor at RACER and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. You can follow him online at twitter.com/tomjensen100.
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