2013 NASCAR schedule released this week?

It won't become official until later this week, but several reliable sources have released next year's NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule. The sanctioning body expects to confirm the "working copy" before the upcoming race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The 2013 schedule includes 36 points-paying races, 26 "regular-season" events followed by the annual 10-race Chase for the Championship playoffs.

All teams will run a 150-mile, non-points qualifying race at Daytona Beach in February. Some teams will run the non-points Budweiser Shootout at Daytona Beach in February and the Sprint Showdown and/or Sprint All-Star race at Charlotte in May. Other than the traditional Easter weekend in March, teams will have only one open weekend between mid-February and mid-November. There are no new venues and only one date change: Kansas Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway will swap their fall dates, Kansas City moving two weeks before Talladega (a week after Charlotte) instead of two weeks after. The 10 Chase venues remain the same as the past two years. Auto Week

Tentative 2013 Schedule

Date	Track Location	Race
2/16 Sat	Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, FL	Shootout*
2/21 Thur	Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, FL	Budweiser Duel*
2/24 Sun	Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, FL	Daytona 500
3/2 Sun	Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, AZ	Subway Fresh Fit 500 (k)
3/10 Sun	Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, NV	Kobalt Tools 400
?3/17 Sun	Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, TN	Food City 500
?3/24 Sun	Auto Club Speedway Fontana, CA	Auto Club 400
3/31 Sun	Easter – OFF Weekend	Easter Bunny 500
?4/7 Sun	Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, VA	Goody's Fast Relief 500
4/13 Sat night	Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, TX	Texas 500
? Sun	Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS	STP 400
?4/27 ?5/4 Sat Night	Richmond International Raceway Richmond, VA	Capital City 400
?4/28 ?5/5 Sun	Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, AL	Aaron's 499
?5/11 Sat Night	Darlington Raceway Darlington, SC	Bojangles' Southern 500
?5/18 Sat Night	Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, NC	Sprint Showdown*
?5/18 Sat Night	Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, NC	Sprint All-Star Race*
5/26 Sun night	Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, NC	Coca-Cola 600
6/2 Sun	Dover International Speedway Dover, DE	FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks 400
6/9 Sun	Pocono Raceway Long Pond, PA	Pocono 400
?6/16 Sun	Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, MI	Quicken Loans 400
?6/23 Sun	Sonoma Sonoma, CA	Toyota/Save Mart 350
?6/29 Sat night	Kentucky Speedway Sparta, KY	Quaker State 400
7/6 Sat Night	Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, FL	Coke Zero 400
?7/14 Sun	New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, NH	Lenox Industrial Tools 301
?7/21 Sun	OFF Weekend	Summer Heat 500
7/28 Sun	Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, IN	Crown Royal Presents the Brickyard 400
8/4 Sun	Pocono Raceway Long Pond, PA	Pennsylvania 400
?8/11 Sun	Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, NY	Finger Lakes 355(k)
?8/18 Sun	Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, MI	Pure Michigan 400
?8/24 Sat Night	Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, TN	IRWIN Tools Night Race
?9/1 Sun Night	Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, GA	AdvoCare 500
?9/7 Sat Night	Richmond International Raceway Richmond, VA	Federated Auto Parts 400
9/15 Sun	Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, IL	Geico 400
?9/22 Sun	New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, NH	Sylvania 300
9/29 Sun	Dover International Speedway Dover, DE	AAA 400
?10/6 Sun	Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS	Hollywood Casino 400
?10/12 Sat Night	Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, NC	Bank of America 500
?10/20 Sun	Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, AL	Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500
?10/27 Sun	Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, VA	Tums Fast Relief 500
11/3 Sun	Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, TX	AAA Texas 500
11/10 Sun	Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, AZ	Phoenix 500(k)
?11/17 Sun	Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, FL	Ford 400