2012 Nationwide Series Schedule

S.T.A.R.S. Radio
@stars-radio
13 years ago
514 posts
Date Race Track TV TV
Start
Radio Race
Start Time
(Eastern)
Laps
Miles
Track Size
(Miles)
Saturday, February 25 DRIVE4COPD 300 Daytona International Speedway TBA TBA MRN TBA 120
300
2.5
Saturday, March 3 Bashas Supermarkets 200 Phoenix International Raceway TBA TBA MRN TBA 200
300
1
Saturday, March 10 Sams Town 300 Las Vegas Motor Speedway TBA TBA PRN TBA 200
300
1.5
Saturday, March 17 Scotts EZ Seed 300 Bristol Motor Speedway TBA TBA PRN TBA 300
159.9
.533
Saturday, March 24 Royal Purple 300 Auto Club Speedway TBA TBA MRN TBA 150
300
2
Saturday, March 31 OFF WEEKEND
Saturday, April 7 OFF WEEKEND
Friday, April 13 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 Texas Motor Speedway TBA TBA PRN TBA 200
300
1.5
Saturday, April 21 OFF WEEKEND
Friday, April 27 BUBBA Burger 250 Richmond International Raceway TBA TBA MRN TBA 250
187.5
.75
Saturday, May 5 Aaron's 312 Talladega Superspeedway TBA TBA MRN TBA 117
311.22
2.66
Friday, May 11 Darlington 200 Darlington Raceway TBA TBA MRN TBA 147
200.8
1.366
Sunday, May 20 John Deere Dealers 250 Iowa Speedway TBA TBA MRN TBA 250
218.75
.875
Saturday, May 26 Charlotte 300 Charlotte Motor Speedway TBA TBA PRN TBA 200
300
1.5
Saturday, June 2 5-Hour Energy 200 Dover International Speedway TBA TBA MRN TBA 200
200
1
Saturday, June 9 OFF WEEKEND
Saturday, June 16 Alliance Truck Parts 250 Michigan International Speedway TBA TBA MRN TBA 125
250
2
Saturday, June 23 Bucyrus 200 Road America TBA TBA MRN TBA 50
200.4
4.008
Friday, June 29 Feed The Children 300 Kentucky Speedway TBA TBA PRN TBA 200
300
1.5
Friday, July 6 Subway Jalapeno 250 Daytona International Speedway TBA TBA MRN TBA 100
250
2.5
Saturday, July 14 New Hampshire 200 New Hampshire Motor Speedway TBA TBA PRN TBA ?
?
1.058
Sunday, July 22 STP 300 Chicagoland Speedway TBA TBA MRN TBA 200
300
1.5
Saturday, July 28 TBA Indianapolis Motor Speedway TBA TBA MRN TBA ?
?
2.5
Saturday, August 4 US Cellular 250
Iowa Speedway TBA TBA MRN TBA 250
218.75
.875
Saturday, August 11 Zippo 200 Watkins Glen International TBA TBA MRN TBA 82
200.9
2.45
Saturday, August 18 NAPA Auto Parts 200 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal TBA TBA MRN TBA 74
200.46
2.709
Friday, August 24 Food City 250 Bristol Motor Speedway TBA TBA PRN TBA 250
133.24
.533
Saturday, September 1 Great Clips 300 Atlanta Motor Speedway TBA TBA PRN TBA 195
300.3
1.54
Friday, September 7 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 Richmond International Raceway TBA TBA MRN TBA 250
187.5
.75
Saturday, September 15 Chicago 300 Chicagoland Speedway TBA TBA MRN TBA 200
300
1.5
Saturday, September 22 Kentucky 300 Kentucky Speedway TBA TBA PRN TBA 200
300
1.5
Saturday, September 29 OneMain Financial 200 Dover International Speedway TBA TBA MRN TBA 200
200
1
Saturday, October 6 OFF WEEKEND
Friday, October 12 Dollar General 300 Miles of Courage Charlotte Motor Speedway TBA TBA PRN TBA 200
300
1.5
Saturday, October 20 Kansas Lottery 300 Kansas Speedway TBA TBA MRN TBA 200
300
1.5
Saturday, October 27 OFF WEEKEND
Saturday, November 3

O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge

Texas Motor Speedway TBA TBA PRN TBA 200
300
1.5
Saturday, November 10 WYPALL 200 Phoenix International Raceway TBA TBA MRN TBA 200
200
1
Saturday, November 17 Ford 300 Homestead-Miami Speedway TBA TBA MRN TBA 200
300
1.5

updated by @stars-radio: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
Sandeep Banerjee
@sandeep-banerjee
13 years ago
360 posts
Sad to see only 6 standalone events. It'll be the Carl, Kyle and Brad show everywhere else again unless NASCAR put a cap on the number of starts Cup regulars can make in a lower series.
Jeff Gilder
@jeff-gilder
13 years ago
1,783 posts

Sandeep,

I love this subject...and I have been one all along to say that I don't think those cup regulars should be allowed to compete in the Nationwide Series. But I have heard some drivers say they like competing against them...and this week we had Trent Owens (competition Director for Turner Motorsporsts and step-son of Barry Dodson) on our radio show and he made a comment that on an average pit stop, the cup crews (in Nationwide) get their fuel flowing from the cans into the fuel cells 1 1/2 seconds before his crew. That is a huge deficit to overcome on pit road. So I asked him his feelings about that. He said he hoped to move to the cup series as crew chief and needed to compete against them to be better. Hmmmm. Here is another top level Nationwide competitor stating that he likes competing against the cup teams in his series. I'm just sayin...seems like a good number of those participating actually do like this.

Any more thoughts here are certainly welcome.




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Sandeep Banerjee
@sandeep-banerjee
13 years ago
360 posts

Jeff, that's a great point. It seems like that the people, be it drivers, crew chiefs or crew members that are really aspiring to go to Cup love having the Cup-backed teams and drivers participate so they can measure themselves up against the best. But the teams that make the series their home are a dying breed for the same reason. I remember James Finch saying a couple of years ago back when Bliss was driving his car that 'Carl Edwards and Jack Roush need their ___ run out of the Nationwide Series', lol.

From a personal standpoint, as a race fan, I am losing my interest in the Nationwide Series because not only do we know going in that there is a 99% chance of Kyle or Carl winning the race but the way they utterly dominate the race, leading by huge margins makes the races lose a lot of their appeal and the series its identity with every passing year. The rule change NASCAR made this year about choosing one series for points is a good one as far as the points battles go but the races themselves have remained the same predictable ones as they were in the past few years where the same couple of Cup drivers win more than 90% of them. I watch old Busch races from the 90s and can't believe what the series has turned into anymore.