It took a bit longer than in year’s past but NASCAR revealed the 2016 schedules for its top two touring series Monday. Perhaps part of the delay was negotiations the sanctioning body was having. As part of Monday’s schedule release, NASCAR said it has reached agreements with 23 tracks to field NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races for the next five years. There will also be 24 tracks that will host NASCAR Xfinity Series races through 2020.
Monday’s announcement marks the final time that a NASCAR “Sprint” Cup schedule will be announced. Next season, 2016, will be Sprint’s final year as the entitlement sponsor of the top series and a replacement as not been named.
NASCAR begin the 2016 season at the newly renovated Daytona International Speedway. DAYTONA Rising, the speedway’s $400 million redevelopment project, will be complete when both the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start their season at Daytona Speedweeks. The 2016 DAYTONA 500 will be held on February 21. MORE>>>
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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