2012 Sprint Cup Series Schedule

Credit to NASCAR.com

We aren't even three races into the Chase yet, but today the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule was announced, starting with the 54th annual Daytona and ending with Homestead, the schedule looks very different.   With announcing the schedule this early, it does, in fact, give NASCAR fans the ability to plan ahead and buy their tickets. 


Even though the track order has changed, the channels will remain the same; FOX will be broadcasting the first thirteen races, TNT will broadcast the next six, and ESPN/ABC will broadcast the final seventeen races.  


2012 Schedule:

• Non-Points Races
• February 18 - Shootout
• February 23 - Duel 1
• February 23 - Duel 2
• May 19 - All-Star Showdown
• May 19 - All-Star Race
• Points Races

1. February 26 - Daytona
2. March 4 - Phoenix
3. March 11 - Las Vegas
4. March 18 - Bristol
5. March 25 - Fontana
6. April 1 - Martinsville
7. April 14 - Texas
8. April 22 - Kansas
9. April 28 - Richmond
10. May 6 - Talladega
11. May 12 - Darlington 
12. May 27 - Charlotte
13. June 3 - Dover
14. June 10 - Pocono
15. June 17 - Michigan
16. June 24 - Sonoma
17. June 30 - Kentucky
18. July 7 - Daytona
19. July 15 - Loudon
20. July 29 - Indianapolis
21. August 5 - Pocono
22. August 12 - Watkins Glen
23. August 19 - Michigan
24. August 25 - Bristol
25. September 2 - Atlanta
26. September 8 - Richmond
27. September 16 - Chicago
28. September 23 - Loudon
29. September 30 - Dover
30. October 7 - Talladega
31. October 13 - Charlotte
32. October 21 - Kansas 
33. October 28 - Martinsville
34. November 4 - Texas
35. November 11 - Phoenix
36. November 18 - Homestead

Brian France said today, "We believe the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule will once again provide fans with what they've come to expect every season - the world's most exciting and competitive form of motorsports."