2012 Nationwide Series Schedule

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

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.

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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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.