Press Release
2010 NASCAR NATIONAL SERIES SCHEDULES ANNOUNCED
Release date: September 16, 2009
Contact: Sean Dozier
NSS PR
615.547.7210
For Immediate Release
2010 NASCAR NATIONAL SERIES SCHEDULES
ANNOUNCED
DAYTONA
BEACH,
Fla.
(Sept. 15, 2009) – NASCAR announced today the 2010 schedules for its three
national series, which will open their seasons at Daytona International
Speedway on the weekend of Feb. 12-14, and conclude at Homestead-Miami Speedway
on the weekend of Nov. 19-21.
The
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will again have a 36-race schedule starting with the
Daytona 500 on Feb. 14, plus two “non-point” events – the Feb. 6 Budweiser
Shootout at Daytona and the May 22 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Lowe’s Motor
Speedway.
Other
key dates for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series include:
June
27 and Sept. 19 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the respective openers in the
“Race to the Chase” and the “Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup”; the Coca-Cola
600 on May 30 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway; the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor
Speedway on July 25; and the annual “Chase cut-off race” at Richmond
International Raceway on Sept. 11.
The
NASCAR Nationwide Series will again race 35 times, while the NASCAR Camping
World Truck Series will again have 25 events, including one of the most
intriguing additions to the schedule in the series’ 15-year history: a new
event at Pocono Raceway’s 2.5-mile triangle-shaped track on July 31, as a
companion to one of the two traditional NASCAR Sprint Cup Series weekends there.
The Pocono truck race will be the only new event on any of the three series’
schedules. It replaces the truck series’ previous February event at Auto Club
Speedway.
There
will be some significant “shuffling” of events in 2010, compared to the current
season’s schedules.
In
the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:
· Qualifying for the Daytona 500 will
be held on Saturday, Feb. 6, the same day as the Budweiser Shootout.
Previously, qualifying was held the day after the shootout.
· The season’s first Dover
International Speedway race will be on May 16, before the all-star race and the
Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
Dover
traditionally has followed that consecutive two-week stop in
Charlotte.
· Phoenix International Raceway’s first
race will be April 10, with Texas Motor Speedway’s first event April 18.
Previously,
Texas
went first in April.
· Also, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
will have four “off” weeks including the traditional Easter holiday on April 4.
NASCAR ANNOUNCES 2010 NATIONAL SERIES SCHEDULES
In
the NASCAR Nationwide Series:
· A Nashville-Phoenix-Texas run on
April 3, April 9 and April 17 will replace a Texas-Nashville-Phoenix spring lineup.
· The first
Dover race will be run earlier than usual, on
May 15, in companion to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
In
the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series:
· The Kansas Speedway race will be May
2, one week later.
· The series’ race at
Dover, as in the other two national series,
will be held two weeks earlier, on May 14, kicking off a national series
tripleheader weekend.
· The Iowa Speedway and Gateway
International Raceway events will be two months earlier, on July 11 and 16.
· Nashville Superspeedway’s date moves
a week later, to Aug. 7.
· Kentucky Speedway’s date moves from
July to Sept. 3.
2010 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES SCHEDULE
Date Site
Feb. 6 Daytona International
Speedway (Budweiser
Shootout At Daytona *)
Feb. 14 Daytona International
Speedway
Feb. 21 Auto Club
Speedway
Feb. 28
Las
Vegas Motor
Speedway
March 7
Atlanta
Motor
Speedway
March 21
Bristol
Motor
Speedway
March 28
Martinsville
Speedway
April 10
Phoenix International Raceway
April 18
Texas
Motor
Speedway
April 25
Talladega Superspeedway
May 1
Richmond
International Raceway
May 8
Darlington
Raceway
May 16
Dover
International
Speedway
May 22 Lowe’s Motor
Speedway (NASCAR Sprint
All-Star Race *)
May 30 Lowe’s Motor
Speedway
June 6 Pocono Raceway
June 13
Michigan
International
Speedway
June 20 Infineon Raceway
June 27
New
Hampshire Motor
Speedway
July 3 Daytona International
Speedway
July 10 Chicagoland Speedway
July 25
Indianapolis
Motor
Speedway
Aug. 1 Pocono Raceway
Aug. 8 Watkins Glen
International
Aug. 15
Michigan
International
Speedway
Aug. 21
Bristol
Motor
Speedway
Sept. 5
Atlanta
Motor
Speedway
Sept. 11
Richmond International Raceway
Sept. 19
New
Hampshire Motor
Speedway
Sept. 26
Dover
International
Speedway
Oct. 3
Kansas
Speedway
Oct. 10 Auto Club
Speedway
Oct. 16 Lowe’s Motor
Speedway
Oct. 24
Martinsville
Speedway
Oct. 31
Talladega Superspeedway
Nov. 7
Texas
Motor
Speedway
Nov. 14
Phoenix International Raceway
Nov. 21 Homestead-Miami
Speedway
* – Denotes
non-point event.
2010 NASCAR NATIONWIDE
SERIES SCHEDULE
Date Site
Feb. 13 Daytona
International
Speedway
Feb. 20 Auto
Club
Speedway
Feb. 27
Las Vegas Motor
Speedway
March 20
Bristol Motor
Speedway
April 3
Nashville Superspeedway
April 9
Phoenix International
Raceway
April 17
Texas Motor
Speedway
April 24
Talladega Superspeedway
April 30
Richmond International
Raceway
May 7
Darlington Raceway
May 15
Dover International
Speedway
May 29 Lowe’s
Motor
Speedway
June 5
Nashville Superspeedway
June 12
Kentucky
Speedway
June 19
Milwaukee Mile
June 26
New Hampshire Motor
Speedway
July 2 Daytona
International
Speedway
July 9 Chicagoland
Speedway
July 17 Gateway
International Raceway
July 24 O’Reilly
Raceway
Park
July 31
Iowa
Speedway
NASCAR ANNOUNCES 2010 NATIONAL SERIES SCHEDULES
Aug. 7 Watkins
Glen International
Aug. 14
Michigan International
Speedway
Aug. 20
Bristol Motor
Speedway
Aug. 29 Circuit
Gilles Villeneuve
Sept. 4
Atlanta Motor
Speedway
Sept. 10
Richmond International
Raceway
Sept. 25
Dover International
Speedway
Oct. 2
Kansas
Speedway
Oct. 9 Auto
Club
Speedway
Oct. 15 Lowe’s
Motor
Speedway
Oct. 23
Memphis
Motorsports
Park
Nov. 6
Texas Motor
Speedway
Nov. 13
Phoenix International
Raceway
Nov. 20 Homestead-Miami
Speedway
2010 NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK
SERIES SCHEDULE
Date Site
Feb. 12 Daytona International
Speedway
March 6
Atlanta
Motor
Speedway
March 27
Martinsville
Speedway
May 2
Kansas
Speedway
May 14
Dover
International
Speedway
May 21 Lowe’s Motor Speedway
June 4
Texas
Motor
Speedway
June 12
Michigan
International
Speedway
June 18
Milwaukee Mile
June 26
Memphis
Motorsports
Park
July 11
Iowa
Speedway
July 16 Gateway International
Raceway
July 23 O’Reilly
Raceway
Park
July 31 Pocono Raceway
Aug. 7
Nashville Superspeedway
Aug. 18
Bristol
Motor
Speedway
Aug. 27 Chicagoland Speedway
Sept. 3
Kentucky
Speedway
Sept. 18
New
Hampshire Motor
Speedway
Sept. 25
Las
Vegas Motor
Speedway
Oct. 23
Martinsville
Speedway
Oct. 30
Talladega Superspeedway
Nov. 5
Texas
Motor
Speedway
Nov. 12
Phoenix International Raceway
Nov. 19 Homestead-Miami
Speedway
Note: All dates subject to
change.
Dover Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE: DVD) is a leading promoter of motorsports events in the United States. DVD subsidiaries operate three tracks in three states, and present several hundred motorsports events each year. For 2009, 14 major, national events were held, including races sanctioned by NASCAR and NHRA. Dover Motorsports, Inc. owns and operates Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del., Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis, Mo., and Nashville Superspeedway near Nashville, Tenn. For further information log on to www.DoverMotorsports.com. This release may contain forward-looking statements based on management’s beliefs and assumptions. Such statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause results to vary materially. Please refer to the SEC filings of DVD for a discussion of such factors.
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