2008 Nationwide Series Schedule

• 2008 Schedule Announced For Nationwide Series: As NASCAR celebrates its 60th anniversary, the 2008 season will bring a new name – the NASCAR Nationwide Series to the nation’s second-most popular series.
  In 2008, the series – currently known as the Busch Series but in its final year of sponsorship from Anheuser-Busch – will again start its season at Daytona International Speedway (Saturday, Feb. 16) and end at Homestead-Miami Speedway (Saturday, Nov. 15).
  For the second consecutive season, there will be two international events. The series will return to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve road course in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Aug. 2. And for a fourth consecutive year, the schedule includes a race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez road course in Mexico City, Mexico. However, for the first time in the brief history of the event, it will move from its previous date on the first Sunday in March to April 20.
  Some of the key changes to the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule include:
  * A historic doubleheader at California Speedway with the Craftsman Truck Series on Saturday, Feb. 23.
  * The Mexico City race trades slots with the event weekend at Phoenix International Raceway.
  * Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s race will now fall one week earlier on March 1 and starts an early-season domino effect where three other races precede their dates by one week from last season – Atlanta Motor Speedway (March 8), Bristol Motor Speedway (March 15) and Nashville Superspeedway (March 22).
  * The order of the two races following the first open week of the season (March 29) also moves up one week. The spring race at Texas Motor Speedway will be April 5 with the Phoenix event on April 11.
  * Also, the addition of lights at Chicagoland Speedway will facilitate an inaugural Friday night show for the series there on July 11.
  There will be nine “stand-alone” events: Nashville (March 22 and June 7), Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez (April 20), Kentucky Speedway (June 14), the Milwaukee Mile (June 21), Gateway International Raceway (July 19), O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis (July 26), Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (August 2) and Memphis Motorsports Park (Oct. 25).
  The Nationwide Series is scheduled for 35 races in 2008 – 26 combination events with the Sprint Cup Series and three in conjunction with the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. There are 26 race tracks on the schedule divided among 20 states, Canada and Mexico. The 2008 season will mark the 60th anniversary of NASCAR, which was incorporated on Feb. 21, 1948.(NASCAR PR)(10-3-2007)

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  All times Eastern and are PM unless noted
  All times are tenative and could change

  Race#	Date	Race	Track	Network	TV Start	Race Start	Radio	Laps	Miles	Track Size
  1	Sat., February 16	Camping World 300	Daytona International Speedway	ESPN2	12:00pm	1:15pm	MRN	120	300	2.5
  2	Sat., February 23	Stater Bros. 300	California Speedway	ESPN2	7:00pm	7:30pm	MRN	150	300	2
  3	Sat., March 1	Sam’s Town 300	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	ESPN2	4:00pm	4:30pm	PRN	200	300	1.5
  4	Sat., March 8	Nicorette 300	Atlanta Motor Speedway	ESPN2	1:30pm	2:00pm	PRN	195	300.3	1.54
  5	Sat., March 15	Sharpie Mini 300	Bristol Motor Speedway	ABC	2:00pm	2:30pm	PRN	300	159.9	0.533
  6	Sat., March 22	Pepsi 300	Nashville Superspeedway	ESPN	2:30pm	3:00pm	MRN	225	300	1.333
  	Sat., March 29	Off
  7	Sat., April 5	O’Reilly 300	Texas Motor Speedway	ESPN2	2:30pm	3:00pm	MRN	200	300	1.5
  8	Fri., April 11	Bashas Supermarkets 200	Phoenix International Raceway	ESPN2	9:30pm	9:45pm	MRN	200	200	1
  9	Sun., April 20	Corona 200	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City	ESPN	1:30pm	2:00pm	MRN	80	201.44	2.518
  10	Sat., April 26	Aaron’s 312	Talladega Superspeedway	ABC	2:30pm	3:00pm	MRN	117	311.22	2.66
  11	Fri., May 2	Lipton Tea 250	Richmond International Raceway	ESPN2	7:00pm	7:30pm	MRN	250	187.5	.075
  12	Fri., May 9	Diamond Hill Plywood 200	Darlington Raceway Mother’s Day Weekend	ESPN2	7:00pm	7:30pm	MRN	147	200	1.366
  	Sat., May 16	Off
  13	Sat., May 24	CARQUEST Auto Parts 300	Lowe’s Motor Speedway	ESPN2	7:00pm	7:30pm	PRN	200	300	1.5
  14	Sat., May 31	Heluva Good! 200	Dover International Speedway	ESPN2	2:30pm	3:00pm	MRN	200	200	1
  15	Sat., June 7	Federated Auto Parts 300	Nashville Superspeedway	ESPN2	7:00pm	7:30pm	MRN	225	300	1.333
  16	Sat., June 14	Meijer 300	Kentucky Speedway	ESPN2	8:00pm	8:30pm	MRN	250	300	1.5
  17	Sat., June 21	Camping World RV Rental 250	The Milwaukee Mile	ESPN2	8:00pm	8:30pm	MRN	250	250	1
  18	Sat., June 28	Camping World 200	New Hampshire International Speedway	ABC	2:30pm	3:00pm	MRN	200	211.6	1.058
  19	Fri., July 4	Winn-Dixie 250	Daytona International Speedway	ESPN2	7:30pm	8:00pm	MRN	100	250	2.5
  20	Fri., July 11	Dollar General 300	Chicagoland Speedway	ESPN	7:30pm	8:00pm	MRN	200	300	1.5
  21	Sat., July 19	Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250	Gateway International Raceway	ESPN2	9:00pm	9:30pm	MRN	200	250	1.25
  22	Sat., July 26	Kroger 200	O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis	ESPN	7:30pm	8:00pm	MRN	200	137.2	0.686
  23	Sat., August 2	NAPA Auto Parts 200	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	ESPN2	3:00pm	3:30pm	MRN	74	200.54	2.710
  24	Sat., August 9	Zippo 200	Watkins Glen International	ABC	2:30pm	3:00pm	MRN	82	200.9	2.45
  25	Sat., August 16	CarFax 250	Michigan International Speedway	ESPN2	3:00pm	3:30pm	MRN	125	250	2
  26	Fri., August 22	Food City 250	Bristol Motor Speedway	ESPN	7:30pm	8:00pm	PRN	250	133.25	0.533
  27	Sat., August 30	Camping World 200	California Speedway	ESPN2	9:30pm	10:00pm	MRN	150	300	2
  28	Fri., September 5	Emerson Radio 250	Richmond International Raceway	ESPN2	7:30pm	8:00pm	MRN	250	187.5	0.75
  	Sat., September 13	Off
  29	Sat., September 20	Camping World RV Sales 200	Dover International Speedway	ESPN2	3:00pm	3:30pm	MRN	200	200	1
  30	Sat., September 27	Kansas Lottery 300	Kansas Speedway	ESPN2	3:00pm	3:30pm	MRN	200	300	1.5
  	Sat., October 4	Off
  31	Fri., October 10	Dollar General 300	Lowe’s Motor Speedway	ESPN2	7:30pm	8:00pm	PRN	200	300	1.5
  	Sat., October 18	Off
  32	Sat., October 25	Kroger On Track for the Cure 250	Memphis Motorsports Park	ESPN Classic SPEED	3:00pm	3:30pm	MRN	250	187.5	0..75
  33	Sat., November 1	O’Reilly Challenge	Texas Motor Speedway	ESPN2	3:00pm	3:30pm	PRN	200	300	1.5
  34	Sat., November 8	Hefty Odor Block 200	Phoenix International Raceway	ESPN2	4:00pm	4:30pm	MRN	200	200	1
  35	Sat., November 15	Ford 300	Homestead-Miami Speedway	ESPN2	4:00pm	4:30pm	MRN	200	300	1.5
  Race#	Date	Race	Track	Network	TV Start	Race Time	Radio	Laps	Miles	Track Size

  Schedule subject to change.

  Born on Date: September 23, 2007