Race: Carfax 400 at Michigan International Speedway
Date: Sunday, August 16, 2009
Time: 2:16 PM EST (scheduled green flag)
TV: 2:00 PM EST on ESPN
Preview: It seems hard to believe that this is already the second Cup race at Michigan this season.
Race: Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen – Watkins Glen International Speedway
Date: Sunday, August 9, 2009
Time: 2:18 PM EST (scheduled green flag)
TV: 2:00 PM EST on ESPN
Preview: Watkins Glen is the second of two road course races on the Sprint Cup circuit; the first was California’s Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, won by Kasey Kahne in June. But NASCAR’s Matt Kenseth notes that although both races involve road courses, the similarities pretty much end there: “Watkins Glen is quite a bit different than Sonoma and, of the two, I like racing at Watkins Glen better.
Race: Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway
Date: Sunday, August 2, 2009v
Time: 2:18 PM EST (scheduled green flag)
TV: 1:00 PM EST on ESPN
Preview: The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has been visiting Pennsylvania’s “Tricky Triangle” racetrack since 1974, going from one to two race dates per year in 1982.
Race: Allstate 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Date: Sunday, July 26, 2009
Time: 2:19 PM EST (scheduled green flag)
TV: 1:00 PM EST on ESPN
Odds: Updated Allstate 400 Odds
Preview: The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is celebrating its 100th birthday this year, but NASCAR has only been racing here once per year since 1994, making a total of 15 races in the record books. The track is a flat 2.5-mile squarish oval with just 9 degrees of banking in the turns.
Race: The LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009
Time: 8:16 PM EST (scheduled green flag)
TV: 6:30 PM EST on TNT
Odds: Updated LifeLock.com 400 Odds
Preview: Chicagoland is a relative newcomer to the Cup circuit compared to venerable venues like Martinsville and Richmond. NASCAR has visited this track just once a year since 2001, but it gives the sport an annual presence in a major TV market.
The list of drivers who’ve won here can almost be counted on one hand: Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman, and Kyle Busch.
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1. Tony Stewart (+600): Stewart is the current series points leader, has won two of the past five Cup races, and is coming off a dominating performance at Daytona.
He won in Chicago two years ago, finished fifth here last year, and has accumulated the most driver points at this track over the course of the last five races.
2. Kyle Busch (+700): Busch won this race last year in impressive fashion, starting on the pole and leading 165 of 267 laps.
In just four Chicagoland starts, he’s climbed to fifth on the list of overall lap leaders and is second in the average finish category.
1. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (+3000): Junior had a little pep in his step Thursday after running sixth in practice and qualifying 13th.
He won this race in 2005 and has two top 5s in his last four Chicagoland starts.
Summary: Weather will be a factor the next two days and, although it may clear out by race time, it will leave a green racetrack behind.
Drivers will also be adjusting to a race that begins an hour before sunset and transitions into nighttime.
Race: The Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway
Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009
Time: 8:19 PM EST (scheduled green flag)
TV: 6:30 PM EST on TNT
Odds: Updated Coke Zero 400 Odds
Preview: The Coke Zero 400 is a Saturday night race, an impound race, and the first race utilizing NASCAR’s new double-file restarts on a restrictor plate track. Dale Earnhardt Jr. led the most laps in this race last year, but Kyle Busch came away with the win. Matt Kenseth is the most recent DIS winner, starting the 2009 season with a victory in the Daytona 500.
Race: Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009
Time: 2:15 PM EST (scheduled green flag)
TV: 12:30 PM EST on TNT
Preview: It’s been a series of very different race tracks the past few weeks – from the challenging 2.5 miles at Pocono to the fast 2-mile Michigan oval, the winding road course of Sonoma, and this week, a flat 1.058-mile track in Loudon, New Hampshire. The race is 301 laps (318 miles) – an extra lap added last year to convey race sponsor Lenox Tools’ desire to “go the extra mile” for race fans.
Race: Toyota/SaveMart 350 – Infineon Raceway
Date: Sunday, June 21, 2009
Time: 5:16 PM EST (scheduled green flag)
TV: 3:30 PM EST on TNT
Preview: Road courses – most NASCAR fans either love ’em or hate ’em, but not too many feel indifferent about them. Either way, the 36-race Cup season includes two road courses per year – Infineon in Sonoma, California, and Watkins Glen in upstate New York. Both will feature the so-called ‘ringers’ – road course racing specialists who give struggling teams an opportunity for a big points day, though not necessarily a win.
Race: LifeLock 400 – Michigan International Speedway
Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009
Time: 2:16 PM EST (scheduled green flag)
TV: 12:30 PM EST on TNT
Race: Pocono 500 – Pocono Raceway
Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009
Time: 2:16 PM EST (scheduled green flag)
TV: 12:30 PM EST on TNT
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Preview: Pocono is known as the “Tricky Triangle” racetrack. It’s 2.5 miles in length with three different corners and three different straights, making it a challenge for both drivers and crew chiefs. Rain may be an issue at Pocono, particularly on Friday, though it’s in the forecast all three days. NASCAR announced a significant rule change this week with restarts throughout the entire race going to double file.
Race: Autism 400 presented by Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips & Cheese – Dover International Speedway
Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009
Time: 2:16 PM EST (scheduled green flag)
TV: 1:30 PM EST on FOX
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Preview: Dover is a one-mile racetrack known for two things – its concrete racing surface and its very difficult pit road. Off-season remodeling is supposed to eliminate some of the pit road problems that have plagued even the best drivers in the past, but the surface is still concrete – something that drivers tend to either like a lot or not at all.
Race: Coca-Cola 600 – Lowe’s Motor Speedway
Date: Sunday, May 24, 2009
Time: 5:35 PM EST (scheduled green flag)
TV: 5:00 PM EST on SPEED
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Preview: Tony Stewart won his first race as owner/driver of Stewart-Haas
Racing in last week’s Sprint All-Star Race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. This week, the cars are back on the same track, but for a much different race.
Race: Sprint Cup All-Star Challenge – Lowe’s Motor Speedway
Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009
Time: 7:30 PM EST Sprint Showdown / 9:00 PM EST Sprint All-Star Race
TV: 7:00 PM EST on SPEED
Preview: This weekend, NASCAR drivers and fans take a week off from points racing to focus on fun and funds … a non-points paying event with a guarantee of at least $1 million to the winner of the Sprint All-Star Challenge. The race consists of four short segments and will include some mandatory pit stops, with the final segment a 10-lap free-for-all.
Race: The Southern 500 – Darlington Raceway
Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009
Time: 7:35 PM EST (scheduled Green Flag)
TV: 7:00 PM EST on FOX
Preview: Darlington Raceway is a venerable NASCAR venue in the heart of stock car racing’s traditional southeastern home base.
Race: Crown Royal Presents The Russ Friedman 400 – Richmond International Raceway
Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009
Time: 7:43 PM EST (scheduled Green Flag)
TV: 7:00 PM EST on FOX
Preview: Richmond International Raceway is a historic NASCAR venue with over 100 Cup races run here dating back to 1953.
Race: Aaron’s 499 – Talladega Superspeedway
Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009
Time: 2:16 PM EST (scheduled Green Flag)
TV: 1:00 PM EST on FOX
Preview: From the flat one-mile oval course at Phoenix International Raceway to the high-banked 2.66-mile tri-oval of Talladega Superspeedway, NASCAR fans are getting a big contrast in racing speeds and styles from last weekend to this one.
