NASCAR releases 2007 schedule

Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR News Wire

Published August 25, 2006 at midnight

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NASCAR's schedule for 2007 features 36 points races at 22 different racetracks in 19 different states, beginning with the Daytona 500 on Feb. 18.

Notable among the 36 events are 16 races that will feature NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow. The COT debuts at Bristol on March 25 and will be used in competition the following week at Martinsville. The COT will appear only once, however, on tracks of 1.5 miles or more, the one race being Oct. 7 at Talladega.

The schedule also is noteworthy for the repositioning of the marquee Allstate 400 at the Brickyard (Indianapolis Motor Speedway). The July 29 date for the Indy race marks the first time the event has been contested in July and results in a flip-flop with the second race at Pocono, which traditionally has preceded the Brickyard.

Second Pocono moves to Aug. 5 on the 2007 schedule.

He Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway won't be the first race in July this year. That honor goes to New Hampshire International Speedway, which will host both the first event in the Race to the Chase and the first race in the Chase for the NASCAR Nextel Cup.

The Loudon dates are July 1 and Sept. 16, with the Pepsi 400 scheduled for Saturday, July 7 at Daytona. NASCAR will announce starting times for the events and television information at a later date.

Date Site

Feb. 10 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona – Daytona International Speedway*

Feb. 18 Daytona International Speedway

Feb. 25 California Speedway

March 11 Las Vegas Motor Speedway

March 18 Atlanta Motor Speedway

March 25 Bristol Motor Speedway#

April 1 Martinsville Speedway#

April 15 Texas Motor Speedway

April 21 Phoenix International Raceway#

April 29 Talladega Superspeedway

May 5 Richmond International Raceway#

May 12 Darlington Raceway#

May 19 NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge – Lowe’s Motor Speedway*

May 27 Lowe’s Motor Speedway

June 3 Dover International Speedway#

June 10 Pocono Raceway

June 17 Michigan International Speedway

June 24 Infineon Raceway#

July 1 New Hampshire International Speedway#

July 7 Daytona International Speedway

July 15 Chicagoland Speedway

July 29 Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Aug. 5 Pocono Raceway

Aug. 12 Watkins Glen International#

Aug. 19 Michigan International Speedway

Aug. 25 Bristol Motor Speedway#

Sept. 2 California Speedway

Sept. 8 Richmond International Raceway#

Sept. 16 New Hampshire International Speedway#

Sept. 23 Dover International Speedway#

Sept. 30 Kansas Speedway

Oct. 7 Talladega Superspeedway#

Oct. 13 Lowe’s Motor Speedway

Oct. 21 Martinsville Speedway#

Oct. 28 Atlanta Motor Speedway

Nov. 4 Texas Motor Speedway

Nov. 11 Phoenix International Raceway#

Nov. 18 Homestead-Miami Speedway

*Non-championship points events

#Scheduled Car of Tomorrow races

Tentative-Subject to Change