Next season, the schedule we have been used to is going to be scrambled a great deal. I heard something about the July 4th weekend race being switched between Indy and Daytona, so I did some looking, and there is a lot more to the changes...
- West coast swing will start immediately after Daytona, and Atlanta moved to after Fontana.
- The two races at Pocono will occur on consecutive days... Saturday and Sunday sometime in June.
- The above mentioned trade of dates for Indy and Daytona -2. NASCAR want to boost the interest for the Brickyard 400, knowing that Daytona has no issues. The Daytona race will be the last race in the regular season, making it a free-for-all race for those off the bubble.
- Darlington and the Bristol Night Race will be a part of the playoffs...and the playoffs will start on the Labor Day weekend. The final race of the playoffs will no longer be at Homestead... it will now be at the Arizona track, and Homestead and Dover will be moved to the regular season.
- There will be two week break to allow NBC to focus on the Olympics. Also, the overall season will end a week earlier, due in part for having back-to-back games. Also some schedule changes to bring a few games to to Sunday afternoon, vs. Sunday evening.
- West coast swing will start immediately after Daytona, and Atlanta moved to after Fontana.
- The two races at Pocono will occur on consecutive days... Saturday and Sunday sometime in June.
- The above mentioned trade of dates for Indy and Daytona -2. NASCAR want to boost the interest for the Brickyard 400, knowing that Daytona has no issues. The Daytona race will be the last race in the regular season, making it a free-for-all race for those off the bubble.
- Darlington and the Bristol Night Race will be a part of the playoffs...and the playoffs will start on the Labor Day weekend. The final race of the playoffs will no longer be at Homestead... it will now be at the Arizona track, and Homestead and Dover will be moved to the regular season.
- There will be two week break to allow NBC to focus on the Olympics. Also, the overall season will end a week earlier, due in part for having back-to-back games. Also some schedule changes to bring a few games to to Sunday afternoon, vs. Sunday evening.