It's a magic shell game!!
Sprint Cup Series
The Cup Series has itself date swaps amongst three tracks: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Auto Club Speedway (formerly California Speedway) and Talladega Superspeedway.
OK, here we go:
Atlanta's second race will be held on Sunday, September 6, taking the Labor Day weekend slot currently held by Auto Club Speedway.
California's second race will be Sunday, October 11 - the fourth week of the Sprint Cup's "Chase for the Championship," a slot formerly held by Talladega.
Talladega's second event will move to Sunday, November 1, making it the seventh Chase event - the weekend formerly held by Atlanta.
There's an additional off-week for the Cup series in 2009, prior to the Labor Day weekend event. This will give them 4 off weeks in a season now.
Nationwide
The Nationwide Series has a 35-race 2009 schedule. There will be a new event at Iowa Speedway on August 1, replacing Mexico City.
The Atlanta date will be moved from March to September.
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve event in Montreal to Sunday, August 30.
Side Note: Iowa Speedway: It's a 7/8 mile long paved oval and it's design was influenced by Rusty Wallace and patterned after Richmond! The track is located in Newton, Iowa.
http://www.iowaspeedway.com/
Truck Series
The Truck Series will have 25 races, one date change.
The series' late-season race at Atlanta will be replaced by a night event at Chicagoland Speedway on Friday, August 28.
On a bright note, at least they've drafted a schedule as opposed to the rumor mill that says they're having a hard time finding a series sponsor.
Question: Why is it that I have to get this from Yahoo News first and not the NASCAR site? Has anyone noticed the NASCAR site is not the fastest nut on the track? Heck, I posted up my Ryan Newman, No 39 article a few hours ago, and they just got to it... Come on people. Either catch up or hire me to get you caught up!!! Really.
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