Your Future NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule

[slorydn1]

I want to hear your thoughts as to what the Sprint Cup schedule should look like going forward. Not what you think Brain France will do, I want to see what you, the fans think the schedule should look like. Put some thought into it. Actually sit down, take a calendar and put down where the races should be. No holds barred, no race date is sacred-it's your schedule. The rules I went by was that speedweeks stayed where they are, the Coke 600 stayed on Memorial Day weekend, the Coke Zero 400 July 4th weekend, the Southern 500 at Darlington Labor day weekend and the season ended in Homestead where it belongs-then I worked from there. That doesnt mean YOU have to. I guess the only hard and fast rule is that there must be 36 points races, and you should keep the exhibition races, but you don't have too, nor do they have to be where they are now. The Season runs from the opening of Shootout practice Friday Feb 4th 2011 and ends with the final cup race Sunday, November 20th, 2011....and don't forget to add the off weekends, too, or the teams will be really tired by the end of the season :p :

In my next post I will put my schedule up, complete with dates.

[slorydn1]

RP.....Restrictor Plate
RC.....Road Course
ST.....Short Track

EXH...Sat Nite.....2/05/11......Bud Shootout-Daytona.....RP
EXH....Thu.........2/10/11......Gatoraide Duels-Daytona....RP
001....Sun.........2/13/11......Daytona 500.......RP
OFF....Off.........2/20/11......Off Weekend
002....Sun.........2/27/11......California 500.......2.0 speedway
003....Sun.........3/06/11......Las Vegas 400.....1.5 speedway
004....Sun.........3/13/11......Atlanta 500..........1.5 speedway
005....Sun.........3/20/11......Martinsville 500....ST
006....Sun.........3/27/11......Talladega 500.......RP
007....Sun.........4/03/11......Bristol 500.....ST
008....Sun.........4/10/11......Rockingham 400....1.0 speedway
009....Sun.........4/17/11......Mid-Ohio 350k.....RC
OFF....Off.........4/24/11......Easter Weekend
010....Sun.........5/01/11......Barber 350k.....RC
011....Sat Nite....5/07/11......Richmond 400...ST
012....Sun.........5/15/11......St Louis 400.......1.25 speedway
EXH....Sat Nite....5/21/11......All-Star Race-Charlotte.....1.5 speedway
013....Sun Nite....5/29/11......Coke 600......1.5 speedway
014....Sun.........6/05/11......Kentucky 400.....1.5 speedway
015....Sun.........6/12/11......Pocono 500.........2.5 speedway
016....Sun.........6/19/11......Michigan 400.....2.0 speedway
017....Sun.........6/26/11......Infineon 350k.....RC
018....Sun Nite....7/03/11......Coke Zero 400-Daytona...RP
019....Sat Nite....7/10/11......Chicago 400....1.5 speedway
OFF....Off.........7/17/11......Off Weekend
020....Sun.........7/24/11......Nashville 400.....1.333 speedway
021....Sun.........7/31/11......Road America 350k....RC
022....Sun.........8/7/11.......Iowa 400.....ST
023....Sun.........8/14/11......Wathkins Glen 350k.....RC
OFF....Sun.........8/21/11......Off Weekend
024....Sat Nite....8/27/11......Bristol 500......ST
025....Sun Nite....9/04/11......Southern 500-Darlington...1.366 speedway
026....Sat Nite....9/10/11......Richmond 400......ST
027....Sun.........9/19/11......Loudon 300..........1.058 speedway
028....Sun.........9/25/11......Brickyard 400........2.5 speedway
029....Sun........10/02/11......Dover 400......1.0 speedway
030....Sun........10/09/11......Kansas 400.....1.5 speedway
031....Sun........10/16/11......Talladega 500....RP
032....Sun........10/23/11......Martinsville 500.....ST
033....Sat Nite...10/30/11......Texas 500.....1.5 speedway
034....Sat Nite...11/05/11......Phoenix 500k....1.0 speedway
035....Sun........11/13/11......Daytona Road Course....RC
036....Sun........11//20/11.....Homestead 400.....1.5 speedwaySorry Mark...I tried real hard to find a place to squeeze Montreal in there somewhere, but I just culdn't get it done with the parameters I set for myself. I also had to give up on my pet "rotating European" road course idea....I really would have loved to see Cup cars at Spa and Monza.

I did away with all the second dates at the the non restrictor plate tracks 1.0 miles and above....I felt that I had to keep the second dates at Daytona and Talladega because of the large expense teams have for the restrictor plate programs. I kept the second dates at the short tracks because to delete those would have left the series seriously short of short track races.

Ok. so what are your ideas?

[Mark in Oshawa]

H...Sat Nite.....2/05/11......Bud Shootout-Daytona.....RP
EXH....Thu.........2/10/11......Gatoraide Duels-Daytona....RP
001....Sun.........2/13/11......Daytona 500.......RP
OFF....Off.........2/20/11......Off Weekend
002....Sun.........2/27/11......California 500.......2.0 speedway
003....Sun.........3/06/11......Las Vegas 400.....1.5 speedway
004....Sun.........3/13/11......Atlanta 500..........1.5 speedway
005....Sun.........3/20/11......Martinsville 500....ST
006....Sun.........3/27/11......Talladega 500.......RP
007....Sun.........4/03/11......Bristol 500.....ST
008....Sun.........4/10/11.....Nashville 1.25? speedway
009....Sun.........4/17/11.....Phoenix 300 miles 1. 0 speedway.
OFF....Off.........4/24/11......Easter Weekend
010....Sun.........5/01/11.....Gateway 400 miles 1.25 Speedway
011....Sat Nite....5/07/11......Richmond 400...ST
012....Sun.........5/15/11......Dover 400......1.25 speedway
EXH....Sat Nite....5/21/11......All-Star Race-Charlotte.....1.5 speedway
013....Sun Nite....5/29/11......Coke 600......1.5 speedway
014....Sun.........6/05/11......Kentucky 400.....1.5 speedway
015....Sun.........6/12/11......Pocono 500.........2.5 speedway
016....Sun.........6/19/11......Michigan 400.....2.0 speedway
017....Sun.........6/26/11......Infineon 350k.....RC
018....Sun Nite....7/03/11......Coke Zero 400-Daytona...RP
019....Sat Nite....7/10/11......Chicago 400....1.5 speedway
OFF....Off.........7/17/11......Off Weekend
020....Sun.........7/24/11......Montreal 300k RC
021....Sun.........7/31/11.....Irwindale Cal .66 mi ST
022....Sun.........8/7/11.......Iowa 400.....ST
023....Sun.........8/14/11......Watkins Glen 350k.....RC
OFF....Sun.........8/21/11......Off Weekend
024....Sat Nite....8/27/11......Bristol 500......ST
025....Sun Nite....9/04/11......Southern 500-Darlington...1.366 speedway
026....Sat Nite....9/10/11......Richmond 400......ST
027....Sun.........9/19/11......Loudon 300..........1.058 speedway
028....Sun.........9/25/11......Brickyard 400........2.5 speedway
029....Sun........10/02/11.....Charlotte 500......1.5 speedway
030....Sun........10/09/11......Kansas 400.....1.5 speedway
031....Sun........10/16/11......Talladega 500....RP
032....Sun........10/23/11......Martinsville 500.....ST
033....Sat Nite...10/30/11......Texas 500.....1.5 speedway
034....Sat Nite...11/05/11......Phoenix 500k....1.0 speedway
035....Sun........11/13/11......Homestead 400.....1.5 speedway
036....Sun........11//20/11.....Las Vegas 600 1.5 Speedway.

I took your sched Slorydn and tailored it a little tighter to what I would think was doable if not for the ISC/SMI politics but even they might buy into it. Pocono loses a date, and I cut back on the road courses. As much as I know you like them and I like them, this is NASCAR and they haven't shown much interest in going past 2 in a season in Cup before.

I added Montreal, yes, but I would happy with any races in Canada to be honest. If the 1 mile oval is ever built in Fort Erie Ontario, I would happily slide it in there.

I used your dates and kept a lot of the schedule, because to sit there from scratch would maybe take more time than I have, but I read your dates and flow and didn't disagree with a lot of it, but as I said, just moved some back to ovals.

I did put Vegas last though. They are going there for the banquet. Give the teams a last race, a BIG race with a BIG VEGAS style purse ( Bruton would love this) and then have the party continue on in Vegas all week. Homestead is a nice track, but I think there is something almost forced in how they put that race in there to try to have a grand ending, and then they wait a week or two and go to Vegas to really party all over. Let the party start when the flag drops and let them keep the adrenaline flowing in the most fun city in the nation!

[slorydn1]

The reason why I did it the way I did was balance, and to try to give a little something to every one, at the same time attempting to respect tradition.
Yes, I love the road courses, but I didn't add more just because I love them. I added more to make them more relevant to the championship, and to thin out some of the 1.5/2.0 mile races.

With my schedule there are 39 races with the 3 exibitions added in..

The break down is:
7 short tracks
6 Road Courses
7 Less than 1.5 miles-1.0-1.4999 ovals
9 1.5 milers (8 points races + 1 Exibition race)
4 Larger than 1.5 mile oval (Unrestricted)
6 Restrictor plate races (4 points races + 2 Exhibitions)

And the Chase break down is more representative of the whole
1 short track
1 road course
3 Less than 1.5 mile
3 1.5 mile
1 larger than 1.5 mile (unrestricted)
1 Restrictor Plate race

Your schedule is cool, too. Irwindale, huh? Wow. The alternative would be to stay at 2 road courses and bring back North Wilkesboro, and add South Boston, and Pikes Peak...But then the balance goes out the window

[Mark in Oshawa]

The reason why I did it the way I did was balance, and to try to give a little something to every one, at the same time attempting to respect tradition.
Yes, I love the road courses, but I didn't add more just because I love them. I added more to make them more relevant to the championship, and to thin out some of the 1.5/2.0 mile races.

With my schedule there are 39 races with the 3 exibitions added in..

The break down is:
7 short tracks
6 Road Courses
7 Less than 1.5 miles-1.0-1.4999 ovals
9 1.5 milers (8 points races + 1 Exibition race)
4 Larger than 1.5 mile oval (Unrestricted)
6 Restrictor plate races (4 points races + 2 Exhibitions)

And the Chase break down is more representative of the whole
1 short track
1 road course
3 Less than 1.5 mile
3 1.5 mile
1 larger than 1.5 mile (unrestricted)
1 Restrictor Plate race

Your schedule is cool, too. Irwindale, huh? Wow. The alternative would be to stay at 2 road courses and bring back North Wilkesboro, and add South Boston, and Pikes Peak...But then the balance goes out the window

I like you wanted less cookie cutters. I also think one Pocono and one Fontana and one Michigan is enough too.

I put Irwindale in there because it still puts 2 races in the second largest market in the nation. It is a great track, if you watch in January the Toyota all star deal, you understand that. It has about 20000 stands now but you know temp seating would put it up into a larger class easily.

I added but one road course. NASCAR is about ovals but put Montreal in to open up the Canadian market officially. Per capita, I think Ontario has more NASCAR fans than any place outside of the south, but we don't have the venue that NASCAR would find acceptable. So Montreal came from that.

I like Gateway, so I put that back in. Pikes Peak, South Boston, Rockingham and North Wilks don't work for various reasons. Pike's bombed when they had the Busch cars there. Colorado in my opinion had their chance and lost it. South Boston, the Rock and North Wilks are in saturated terrirtory for the series and with the exception of the Rock, just viable as venues anymore seating wise.

I like your pick of Iowa, I think it would be a hoot, but I do know that with its proximity to Chicagoland it likely wouldn't fly.

There is a number of ways you could massage things but all the changes to the existing sched mean you have to play politics with ISC or Bruton to make them happen. No one will give up revenue for the good of the series....and as much as I love many of the old time tracks like the Rock, they aint coming back for good reasons. I just thank god the people of SC pack Darlington now with one date....

[wbcobrar]

I love slorydn1's schedule, more road courses, esp. Road America, and you have me on board! Mark In Oshawa's list seems more realistic, and I love the end in Sin City deal, cool and would create a greater "Super Bowl effect" that the series needs. Irwindale and Iowa would both be cool add ons. A break at mid June would be cool to allow some drivers to compete in the 24 at Le Sarth would be my unreasonable wish number one wish, along with one world traveling points race. Add Motegi , Surfers Paradise , Bahrain, etc....to the list. :s pinhead: :s pin:

[Mark in Oshawa]

I love slorydn1's schedule, more road courses, esp. Road America, and you have me on board! Mark In Oshawa's list seems more realistic, and I love the end in Sin City deal, cool and would create a greater "Super Bowl effect" that the series needs. Irwindale and Iowa would both be cool add ons. A break at mid June would be cool to allow some drivers to compete in the 24 at Le Sarth would be my unreasonable wish number one wish, along with one world traveling points race. Add Motegi , Surfers Paradise , Bahrain, etc....to the list. :s pinhead: :s pin:

I live in the land of possible, not the land of if.....but that's ok.

That said, the day NASCAR gives up a perfectly good weekend in June to let guys unlikely to do sportscar racing anyhow fly to Europe, that is when the land of if has taken on a new life...

[wbcobrar]

Total agreement, the June off date is unrealistic, as is a globe trotting points race, but to dream big..... :rolleyes:

[Old Eyes]

I'm sure it would never happen, but a race in Europe would be amazing. Especially at one of the more traditional tracks - Silverstone, Spa or Monza.

Failing that I'd like to see Road America added to the schedule somewhere.

[Alexamateo]

Here's mine. I basically added the tracks you did slo, except for Gateway and the Daytona Road Course. I gave those dates to Phoenix and to Charlotte. I would cut the Chase to 8 races and give an off weekend before kicking it off in Indy. I also would end the season in Vegas and have the awards banquet within the week of the final race. Homestead moves to the second week of the season. Cali, Atlanta, Dover, Michigan, Pocono & Loudon lose a date, while Vegas picks up a second. Rockingham, Kentucky, Nashville, Road America, and Iowa are added.

EXH...Sat Nite.....2/05/11......Bud Shootout-Daytona.....RP
EXH....Thu.........2/10/11......Gatorade Duels-Daytona....RP
001....Sun.........2/13/11......Daytona 500.......RP
002....Sun..........2/20/11......Homestead 400……..1.5 Speedway
003....Sun.........2/27/11......California 500.......2.0 speedway
004....Sun.........3/06/11......Las Vegas 400.....1.5 speedway
005....Sun.........3/13/11......Atlanta 500..........1.5 speedway
006....Sun.........3/20/11......Martinsville 500....ST
007....Sun.........3/27/11......Talladega 500.......RP
008....Sun.........4/03/11......Bristol 500.....ST
009....Sun.........4/10/11......Rockingham 400....1.0 speedway
010....Sun.........4/17/11......Texas 500……….1.5 speedway
OFF....Off.........4/24/11......Easter Weekend
011....Sun.........5/01/11......Dover 400……….1.0 speedway
012....Sat Nite....5/07/11......Richmond 400...ST
013....Sun.........5/15/11......Kentucky 400.......1.5 speedway
EXH....Sat Nite....5/21/11......All-Star Race-Charlotte.....1.5 speedway
014....Sun Nite....5/29/11......Coke 600......1.5 speedway
015....Sun.........6/05/11......Sonoma 350k.....RC
016....Sat Nite.....6/11/11......Phoenix 550k.........1.0 speedway
017....Sun.........6/19/11......Michigan 400.....2.0 speedway
018....Sun.........6/26/11......Pocono 400………2.5 Speedway
019....Sun Nite....7/03/11......Coke Zero 400-Daytona...RP
020....Sat Nite....7/10/11......Chicago 400....1.5 speedway
OFF....Off.........7/17/11......Off Weekend
021....Sun.........7/24/11......Nashville 400.....1.333 speedway
022....Sun.........7/31/11......Road America 350k....RC
023....Sun.........8/7/11.......Iowa 400.....ST
024....Sun.........8/14/11......Watkins Glen 350k.....RC
OFF....Sun.........8/21/11......Off Weekend
025....Sat Nite....8/27/11......Bristol 500......ST
026....Sun Nite....9/04/11......Southern 500-Darlington...1.366 speedway
027....Sat Nite....9/10/11......Richmond 400......ST
028....Sun.........9/19/11......Loudon 300..........1.058 speedway
OFF....Off.........9/25/11......Off Weekend
029....Sun........10/02/11......Brickyard 400......2.5 speedway
030....Sun........10/09/11......Kansas 400.....1.5 speedway
031....Sun........10/16/11......Talladega 500....RP
032....Sun........10/23/11......Martinsville 500.....ST
033....Sat Nite...10/30/11......Texas 500.....1.5 speedway
034....Sat Nite...11/05/11......Charlotte 500....1.5 speedway
035....Sun........11/13/11......Phoenix 550k…1.0 speedway
036....Sun........11//20/11.....Las Vegas 400.....1.5 speedway

[call_me_andrew]

I started tinkering with this a few weeks ago. I'm going to accept a more plausable schedule where I am forced to accept the realities of the Chase.


2/13 Daytona/Shootout
2/20 Daytona
2/26* Phoenix
3/6 Las Vegas
3/13 off
3/20 Atlanta
3/27 California
4/3 Talladega
4/10 Texas
4/17 Dover
4/24 off/Easter
4/30* Richmond
5/7* Sonoma
5/15 Bristol
5/22 Charlotte/All Star
5/29 Charlotte
6/5 Martinsville
6/12 off
6/19 Michigan
6/26 Pocono
7/2* Daytona
7/10 Loudon
7/16* Chicago
7/24 Dover
7/31 Indianapolis
8/7 Kansas City
8/14 Pocono
8/21 Michigan
8/27* Bristol
9/4 Darlington
9/11 Loudon
9/16 off
9/25 Watkins Glen
10/1* Richmond
10/9 Martinsville
10/16 Charlotte
10/23 Phoenix
10/30 Atlanta
11/6 Texas
11/13 Talladega
11/20 California
11/27 Homestead

*Saturday

I moved the July off date to June in the hopes that it would encourage drivers to race at Le Mans. I figure this allows NASCAR to gain international recognition (especially if the drivers give a respectable showing of themselves) at zero cost to NASCAR.

A few races have been swaped around; Darlington is on labor day weekend, Sears Point is on mother's day weekend, Watkins Glen is in the Chase. The main focus of the date swapping was to minimize occasions where there are two consecutive west coast races.

I added one extra off week at the start of the Chase. This breaks up a long stretch of races, gives some breathing time before the Chase, and gives vendors a chance to capitalize on Christmas shopping.

[NaBUru38]

I haven't seen Nascar races in years (basic pay television doesn't include Speed in Uruguay), so I vote without knowin the sport. I'd cut one of the Cup races at Phoenix, Michigan, Dover, Richmond, New Hampshire, Martinsville and Pocono, and no second race for Kansas.

[Mark in Oshawa]

I haven't seen Nascar races in years (basic pay television doesn't include Speed in Uruguay), so I vote without knowin the sport. I'd cut one of the Cup races at Phoenix, Michigan, Dover, Richmond, New Hampshire, Martinsville and Pocono, and no second race for Kansas.
Cutting one from Phoenix, Dover, Richmond and Martinsville would likely get you lynched. All 4 are real popular races to watch from the stands AND on TV. Richmond and Martinsville in particular are sacrosanct...

[Mr. Mister]

Not a fan of exhibition races, so I got rid of them. I'd support something similar to the NASCAR races at Suzuka/Japan (and Calder Park before that) to send some cars overseas to help generate international interest (it's a bit costly to do at the moment, so I'd hold off on that for now), but just running a different format race at the same exact tracks they always run on with the same drivers there every week has no appeal to me.

I pucked mostly based on tracks I like, but I threw in a few I really don't like because they're either popular with everyone else (Daytona/Talladega), have a lot of history (Daytona/Talladega), and/or in areas the sport does need to go to (Texas/Vegas).

Off-weekends can go wherever; I wasn't thinking about dates and I just stuck races close to where I thought they'd fall (i.e. Charlotte's probably a bit too early for Memorial Day, but I wanted it there...Darlington and Labor Day, too).

One thing I wasn't pleased with was the "blocks" of road races. I just couldn't spread them out while still making geographical sense.

No repeat dates for any track other than Daytona. Not a fan of visiting the same track twice.

And, as you'll notice, I like my schedule a bit shorter...

1. Daytona International Speedway
2. Rockingham Speedway
3. Atlanta Motor Speedway
4. Martinsville Speedway
5. Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
6. Phoenix International Raceway
7. Texas Motor Speedway
8. Talladega Superspeedway
9. Charlotte Motor Speedway
10. Richmond International Raceway
11. Dover International Speedway
12. New Hampshire Motor Speedway
13. Mosport Park
14. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
15. Pocono Raceway
16. Daytona International Speedway
17. Indianapolis Motor Speedway
18. Watkins Glen International
19. Iowa Speedway
20. Burke Lakefront Airport (Cleveland)
21. Portland International Raceway
22. Infineon Raceway
23. Darlington Raceway
24. Bristol Motor Speedway
25. New Jersey Motorsports Park
26. Nasvhille Superspeedway
27. Gateway International Raceway
28. Homestead-Miami Speedway
29. Miller Motorsports Park
30. Las Vegas Motor Speedway

[Mark in Oshawa]

You got me happy with all the road courses...especially ole Mosport up the road from here...but I am sure ISC and Bruton Smith would not be happy if you showed them this sched...

[Mr. Mister]

You got me happy with all the road courses...especially ole Mosport up the road from here...but I am sure ISC and Bruton Smith would not be happy if you showed them this sched...

I don't think Bruton Smith will be happy until they show him a schedule with 18 dates at Las Vegas, 17 at Bristol, and 1 at Kentucky.

[BobbyC]

Here's how I would think:

February 12: InBev Shootout
February 20: Daytona 500
February 27: Subway Fresh Fit 500
March 6: Shelby American
March 20: Showtime 500 (paired with Canadian-American Festival Days)
March 27: Goody's 500
April 3: Toyota / Save Mart 350
April 9: Samsung Mobile 500 (Note Saturday night - NASCAR doesn't want the race against the final round of The Masters)
April 17: Food City 500 (run later for better weather)
May 1: Aaron's 499 (Off week for Mother's Day)
May 15: Crown Royal 400
May 22: Sprint All-Star Race XXVII
May 29: Coca-Cola 600
June 5: Autism Speaks 400
June 12: Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 presented by Target
June 19: Heluva Good! 400
June 26: Lenox Industrial Tools 301
July 2: Coke Zero 400
July 9: Lifelock.com 400
July 17: Kobalt Tools 500 (Atlanta)
July 31: Meijer 500 (Kentucky)
August 7: Brickyard 400
August 14: Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500
August 21: Carfax 400
August 28: Texas 500
September 4: Price Chopper 400
September 10: One Last Race to Make the Chase

CHASE

September 18: Heluva Good! 400km (Watkins Glen goes to 400km)
September 25: Sylvania 300
October 2: AAA 400
October 9: Pepsi Max 500
October 16: Bank of America 500
October 23: TUMS 500
October 30: AMP Energy 500
November 6: Ford 400
November 13: Irwin Tools Night Race (5:30 PM green flag)
November 20: Southern 500 (5:30 PM green flag)

Darlington's spring race is paired with the Canadian-American Festival Days in Myrtle Beach. The Canadian Tire Series would race at either Dillon, Florence, or Myrtle Beach. This will be paired together.

The Texas race is moved to Saturday night, as NASCAR will not want to be against the final round of The Masters.

Pocono and Indianapolis will swap dates as not to conflict with the New England 200 IRL race.

Watkins Glen moves to the Chase, and moves to the traditional "major" weekend at the track.

California loses its spring date with Darlington receiving an end of season date. Atlanta loses its spring date to Kentucky.

Big Move: The Chase will end with three wild races in the final four.

[Scotty G.]

If I were Mike Helton and the gang, here is what my Cup schedule would look like. Whatever issues you have or problems you forsee, let me know. There might be some problems with this, that I haven't even realized...


(dates are rough estimates)


2-13 Daytona 500 (FOX)
2-20 Phoenix (FOX)
2-27 Las Vegas (FOX)
3-5 Bristol (FOX)
3-19 Martinsville (FOX)
3-26 Homestead (FOX)
4-2 Nashville (night) (FOX)
4-10 Texas (FOX)
4-17 Talladega (FOX)
4-30 Richmond (night) (FOX)
5-6 Darlington (night) (FOX)
5-27 Charlotte (night) (FOX)
6-4 Elkhart Lake (TNT)
6-11 Michigan (TNT)
6-17 Kentucky (night) (TNT)
6-25 Sears Point (TNT)
7-1 Daytona (night) (TNT)
7-8 Chicago (night) (TNT)
7-23 Brickyard 400 (ESPN)
7-30 Pocono (ESPN)
8-6 Iowa (night) (ESPN)
8-14 Martinsville (ESPN)
8-20 Atlanta (night) (ESPN)

(start of Chase)

9-3 Loudon (ESPN)
9-10 Watkins Glen (ESPN)
9-17 Kansas (ESPN)
9-23 Fontana (night) (ESPN)
10-1 Dover (ESPN)
10-7 Bristol (night) (ESPN)
10-15 Talladega (ESPN)
10-21 Charlotte (night) (ABC)
10-28 Richmond (night) (ABC)
11-4 Texas (night) (ABC)


-33 races

-23 in regular season, 10 in playoffs

- 2nd races dropped from Pocono, Michigan, Fontana, Loudon, Dover, Atlanta and Phoenix

-races added at Iowa, Elkhart Lake, Kentucky and Nashville

[slorydn1]

This was the thread I said I remembered in Ying Yang's "Nascar Road Racing" thread http://www.motorsportforums.com/nascar/152178-nascar-road-racing.html

Man this thread is even older than I remembered :eek:

My Schedule is a little outdated, too, seeing that Gateway and Nashville have closed, and the calender is 2011. But you get the idea. I guess that means we could now FINALLY give Mark in Oshawa his wish and hold a Cup race at Montreal (that July 24th date looks about right), and how about we give the May date I gave to Gateway to a rotating European F1 track-like maybe Spa one year, Monza the next, Silverstone after that (etc, etc,etc). This might take some moving around of the off dates, with maybe a week off before and after the European Adventure.

It might be time for me to play with this again, using an updated calender :D

[patrickmartin]

Love the idea of Vegas ending the year. Personally, without Homestead being the final race spot forever and a day, I really don't think it brings much. Plus, Vegas is Vegas. Pocono loses a race (for the love of God take a race away from that place). And being from Martinsville, Call_me_andrew, the summer date here would be incredible. The weather in late March-early April can either be pretty pleasant or a doggone nightmare...annnd a summer date would finally give Martinsville a viable reason to put up some lights ( :) )!!!

[djparky]

reduce the number of cookie cutter tracks- texas, Homestead, Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Michigan,, Fontana, vegas- they invariably produce dull races (this weekends at Texas was a real snooze-fest)- have more short ovals on the schedule, a road course in the Chase. and get rid of a Pocono race and shorten the other to 300 miles

[heliocastroneves#3]

As much as I love 1,5-milers in IRL, I dislike them in NASCAR... Well... I'm a huge fan of oval racing in IRL but in NASCAR I'd almost rather see road racing than oval racing. This means that when I'm going to post my future NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule, most of the 1,5-milers might get replaced by a road course.

[R.Lee]

I did away with the non-points races. Darlington is back in Sept, where it belongs. Daytona 500 stays in Feb, first race of the year. World 600 at Charlotte remains in it's same date/day/time as usual, Memorial Day
Weekend. Homestead stays the last race of the season, 36 races, no chase, three weekends off. Here is my schedule:

My Revised NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule

Sunday - Daytona International Speedway
qualifying for the pole and outside front row for Daytona 500, Daytona 500 qualifying

Thursday - Daytona International Speedway,
Twin qualifying races for positions 3 through 43, for the Daytona 500, Daytona 500 qualifying races


Sunday - Daytona International Speedway
Daytona 500, Race 1

Sunday - Phoenix International Raceway
Subway Fresh Fit 400, Race 2

Sunday - Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Kobalt Tools 400, Race 3

Sunday - Bristol Motor Speedway
Food City 500, Race 4

Sunday - Auto Club Speedway
Auto Club 400, Race 5

Sunday - Easter, Weekend Off

Sunday - Martinsville Speedway
STP Gas Booster 500, Race 6

Saturday night - Texas Motor Speedway
NRA 500, Race 7

Sunday - Kansas Speedway
STP 400, Race 8

Sunday - Richmond International Raceway
Toyota Owners 400, Race 9

Sunday - Talladega Superspeedway
Aaron's 499, Race 10

Saturday night - Atlanta Motor Speedway
Advocare 500, Race 11

Weekend Off

Sunday night - Charlotte Motor Speedway (Memorial Day Weekend)
Coca-Cola 600, Race 12

Sunday - Dover International Speedway
FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks, Race 13

Sunday - Pocono Raceway
Party in the Poconos 400, Race 14

Sunday - Michigan International Speedway
Quicken Loans 400, Race 15

Sunday - Rockingham Speedway
Carolina Toyota Dealers 400, Race 16

Saturday night - Kentucky Speedway
Quaker State 400, Race 17

Saturday night - Daytona International Speedway (4th of July Weekend)
Firecracker 400 presented by Coke Zero, Race 18

Sunday - New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Camping World RV Sales 300, Race 19

Weekend Off

Sunday - Memphis Motorsports Park
Crown Royal Presents the Samuel Deeds 400, Race 20

Sunday - Pocono Raceway
GoBowling.com 400, Race 21

Sunday - Nashville Superspeedway
Cheez-It 400, Race 22

Sunday - Michigan International Speedway
Pure Michigan 400, Race 23

Saturday night - Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol, TN IRWIN Tools Night Race 500, Race 24

Sunday - Darlington International Speedway (Labor Day Weekend)
Southern 500 presented by Bojangles, Race 25

Saturday night - Richmond International Raceway
Federated Auto Parts 400, Race 26

Sunday - Chicagoland Speedway
Joliet, IL Geico 400, Race 27

Sunday - Atlanta Motor Speedway
Sylvania 500, Race 28

Sunday - Dover International Speedway
AAA 400, Race 29

Sunday - Iowa Speedway
Iowa Corn Growers 400

Sunday - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Bank of America 500, Race 30

Sunday - Talladega Superspeedway
Camping World RV Sales 500, Race 31

Sunday - Martinsville Speedway
Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500, Race 32

Sunday - Texas Motor Speedway
AAA Texas 500, Race 33

Sunday - Phoenix International Raceway
AdvoCare 400, Race 34

Sunday - Homestead-Miami Speedway
Ford 400, Race 35

[Sparky1329]

Pocono is never going to lose it's second race. It's the go-to track for the NY/Philly Metro area - a major market.