NASCAR today announced
agreements with 23 tracks to field NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races for the next
five years. Additionally, 24 tracks will host NASCAR XFINITY Series races
through 2020.
NASCAR also announced its 2016
schedule for both of these national series. The schedule and actual placement
of the dates within each given season’s schedule beyond 2016 will be part of
the on-going discussions between NASCAR and the tracks. Details are being
finalized for the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule to be
announced at a later time.
“NASCAR and the tracks take
seriously our collective responsibility to the fans and each stakeholder to
ensure the sport is healthy, strong and growing, so we can deliver great racing
to the fans for many decades to come,” said Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR executive
vice president and chief racing development officer. “The live event experience
always will be important to creating a lifetime fan in NASCAR.
“Among the goals that we set
out to accomplish with our track partners was to provide consistency for race
fans and the industry stakeholders. We feel like we have a nice balance of that
for 2016. The stability of five-year agreements positions us well to deliver
fans with schedules as early as possible over the next several years. This is a
new approach for our industry, and one that benefits everyone: fans, tracks,
teams, drivers, OEMs, media and partners.”
NASCAR will kick off the 2016
season against the new backdrop of a completely reimagined Daytona
International Speedway. DAYTONA Rising, the speedway’s $400 million
redevelopment project, will be complete when both the NASCAR XFINITY Series and
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series launch at Daytona Speedweeks. The 2016 DAYTONA 500
will be held on February 21 and will air live on FOX.
After the DAYTONA 500, NASCAR
events will be held the following week at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Both series
then will travel to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Phoenix International Raceway and
Auto Club Speedway for the return of NASCAR Goes West.
“We learned that NASCAR Goes
West worked very well in keeping momentum and interest for NASCAR in these
markets,” O’Donnell said. “The tracks put a lot of effort behind making it
successful and we think it can continue to have a positive impact as it gains
traction from being an annual effort. The efficiency of conducting three
consecutive events also is helpful to the teams and industry.”
Among the changes to the 2016
schedule:
Pocono Raceway will host its
first NASCAR XFINITY Series event in June, with that series joining the Sprint
Cup Series for a companion event at the famed three-turn track.
The spring events at Richmond
International Raceway move to a Saturday and Sunday companion event for the
XFINITY Series and Sprint Cup Series, from the previous Friday and Saturday
schedule.
The first series stop at Dover
International Speedway will move earlier in the schedule, to be held prior to
the May events at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
NBC will usher in its 2016
race schedule in July at Daytona with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event moving
back to a Saturday evening event.
The August Sprint Cup Series
event at Michigan will move to later in the month.
2016
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES SCHEDULE
Date
|
Site
|
|
|
|
|
2/13
|
Daytona
International Speedway (Sprint Unlimited)
|
|
2/14
|
Daytona
International Speedway (Daytona 500 Qualifying)
|
|
2/18
|
Daytona
International Speedway (Duel)
|
|
2/21
|
Daytona
500
|
|
2/28
|
Atlanta
Motor Speedway
|
|
3/6
|
Las
Vegas Motor Speedway
|
|
3/13
|
Phoenix
International Raceway
|
|
3/20
|
Auto
Club Speedway
|
|
4/3
|
Martinsville
Speedway
|
|
4/9
|
Texas
Motor Speedway
|
|
4/17
|
Bristol
Motor Speedway
|
|
4/24
|
Richmond
International Raceway
|
|
5/1
|
Talladega
Superspeedway
|
|
5/7
|
Kansas
Speedway
|
|
5/15
|
Dover
International Speedway
|
|
5/21
|
Charlotte
Motor Speedway (NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race)
|
|
5/29
|
Charlotte
Motor Speedway
|
|
6/5
|
Pocono
Raceway
|
|
6/12
|
Michigan
International Speedway
|
|
6/26
|
Sonoma
Raceway
|
|
7/2
|
Daytona
International Speedway
|
|
7/9
|
Kentucky
Speedway
|
|
7/17
|
New
Hampshire Motor Speedway
|
|
7/24
|
Indianapolis
Motor Speedway
|
|
7/31
|
Pocono
Raceway
|
|
8/7
|
Watkins
Glen International
|
|
8/20
|
Bristol
Motor Speedway
|
|
8/28
|
Michigan
International Speedway
|
|
9/4
|
Darlington
Raceway
|
|
9/10
|
Richmond
International Raceway
|
|
9/18
|
Chicagoland
Speedway
|
|
9/25
|
New
Hampshire Motor Speedway
|
|
10/2
|
Dover
International Speedway
|
|
10/8
|
Charlotte
Motor Speedway
|
|
10/16
|
Kansas
Speedway
|
|
10/23
|
Talladega
Superspeedway
|
|
10/30
|
Martinsville
Speedway
|
|
11/6
|
Texas
Motor Speedway
|
|
11/13
|
Phoenix
International Raceway
|
|
11/20
|
Homestead-Miami
Speedway
|
|
SCHEDULE
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
2016
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES SCHEDULE
Date
|
Site
|
|
2/20
|
Daytona
International Speedway
|
|
2/27
|
Atlanta
Motor Speedway
|
|
3/5
|
Las
Vegas Motor Speedway
|
|
3/12
|
Phoenix
International Raceway
|
|
3/19
|
Auto
Club Speedway
|
|
4/8
|
Texas
Motor Speedway
|
|
4/16
|
Bristol
Motor Speedway
|
|
4/23
|
Richmond
International Raceway
|
|
4/30
|
Talladega
Superspeedway
|
|
5/14
|
Dover
International Speedway
|
|
5/28
|
Charlotte
Motor Speedway
|
|
6/4
|
Pocono
Raceway
|
|
6/11
|
Michigan
International Speedway
|
|
6/19
|
Iowa
Speedway
|
|
7/1
|
Daytona
International Speedway
|
|
7/8
|
Kentucky
Speedway
|
|
7/16
|
New
Hampshire Motor Speedway
|
|
7/23
|
Indianapolis
Motor Speedway
|
|
7/30
|
Iowa
Speedway
|
|
8/6
|
Watkins
Glen International
|
|
8/13
|
Mid-Ohio
Sports Car Course
|
|
8/19
|
Bristol
Motor Speedway
|
|
8/27
|
Road
America
|
|
9/3
|
Darlington
Raceway
|
|
9/9
|
Richmond
International Raceway
|
|
9/17
|
Chicagoland
Speedway
|
|
9/24
|
Kentucky
Speedway
|
|
10/1
|
Dover
International Speedway
|
|
10/7
|
Charlotte
Motor Speedway
|
|
10/15
|
Kansas
Speedway
|
|
11/5
|
Texas
Motor Speedway
|
|
11/12
|
Phoenix
International Raceway
|
|
11/19
|
Homestead-Miami
Speedway
|
|
SCHEDULE
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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