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2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Schedule Released With Few Changes

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NASCAR has finally released the 2012 Sprint Cup Series schedule, and it’s pretty much as expected.

Aside from the Daytona 500 being a week later, the spring Kansas race moving to April and Talladega moving up a few weeks in the Chase, there are few changes from the 2011 schedule.

No tracks will gain or lose a date in 2012 from the current lineup.

Here’s the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Schedule:

Feb. 18 – Budweiser Shootout (Saturday night)

Feb. 26 – Daytona 500

March 4 – Phoenix

March 11 – Las Vegas

March 18 – Bristol

March 25 – Fontana

April 1 – Martinsville

April 8 – OFF (Easter)

April 14 – Texas (Saturday night)

April 22 – Kansas

April 28 – Richmond (Saturday night)

May 6 – Talladega

May 12 – Darlington (Saturday night)

May 19 – Charlotte All-Star Race (Saturday night)

May 27 – Charlotte Coke 600

June 3 – Dover

June 10 – Pocono

June 17 – Michigan

June 24 – Sonoma

June 30 – Kentucky (Saturday night)

July 7 – Daytona (Saturday night)

July 15 – New Hampshire

July 22 – OFF

July 29 – Indianapolis

Aug. 5 – Pocono

Aug. 12 – Watkins Glen

Aug. 19 – Michigan

Aug. 25 – Bristol (Saturday night)

Sept. 2 – Atlanta

Sept. 8 – Richmond (Saturday night)

Sept. 16 – Chicago

Sept. 23 – New Hampshire

Sept. 30 – Dover

Oct. 7 – Talladega

Oct. 13 – Charlotte (Saturday night)

Oct. 21 – Kansas

Oct. 28 – Martinsville

Nov. 4 – Texas

Nov. 11 – Phoenix

Nov. 18 – Homestead

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