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So much for the suspense.After weeks of leaks and days of announcements and eye-rolling spectacle from NASCAR track promoters, the sanctioning body finally revealed the full 2011 Sprint Cup schedule Tuesday.
Thanks to the steady stream of announcements from individual tracks, there were no real surprises.
Most notable for the marquee Cup Series is a new venue for 2011 -- Kentucky Speedway -- which will host its first Sprint Cup event, a night race on July 9. The Chase for the Championship will begin in Chicago (Sept. 18) instead of New Hampshire, which will host the second Chase race instead.
Speedways in Atlanta and Los Angeles will only hold one Cup race instead of two, while conversely Kansas Speedway was awarded a second date in the summer (June 5) to complement its Oct. 8 Chase race.
The season-opening Daytona 500 wil be Feb. 20 and again, all three NASCAR national series will conclude in Homestead, Fla., with championship weekend scheduled for Nov. 18-20.
Here's the 2011 NASCAR schedules
2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule
Feb. 12 -- Bud Shootout at Daytona (Saturday night)
Feb. 20 -- Daytona
Feb. 27 -- Phoenix
March 6 -- Las Vegas
March 13 -- Off
March 20 -- Bristol
March 27 -- Fontana
April 3 -- Martinsville
April 9 -- Texas (Saturday night)
April 17 -- Talladega
April 24 -- Easter Sunday - Off
April 30 -- Richmond (Saturday night)
May 7 -- Darlington (Saturday night)
May 15 -- Dover
May 21 -- Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte (Saturday night)
May 29 -- Charlotte (Sunday evening)
June 5 -- Kansas
June 12 -- Pocono
June 19 -- Michigan
June 26 -- Sonoma
July 2 -- Daytona (Saturday night)
July 9 -- Kentucky (Saturday night)
July 17 -- New Hampshire
July 24 -- Off
July 31 -- Indianapolis
Aug. 7 -- Pocono
Aug. 14 -- Watkins Glen
Aug. 21 -- Michigan
Aug. 27 -- Bristol (Saturday night)
Sept. 4 -- Atlanta (Sunday night)
Sept. 10 -- Richmond (Saturday night)
Sept. 18 -- Chicago
Sept. 25 -- New Hampshire
Oct. 2 -- Dover
Oct. 9 -- Kansas
Oct. 15 -- Charlotte (Saturday night)
Oct. 23 -- Talladega
Oct. 30 -- Martinsville
Nov. 6 -- Texas
Nov. 13 -- Phoenix
Nov. 20 -- Homestead
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