The 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule was announced today and for the sixth consecutive year, the championship will be contested over 25 races. The 2008 season will be the 60th anniversary of NASCAR, which was incorporated on Feb. 21, 1948.
The schedule begins at Daytona International Speedway in February, concludes at Homestead-Miami Speedway in November and features an unprecedented NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series-NASCAR Nationwide Series doubleheader at California Speedway.
The series will visit the same 22 tracks as in 2007 and in the same order as the current schedule. Fifteen events will be held in conjunction with the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, while 10 races are scheduled as either “stand-alones” or in conjunction with NASCAR Nationwide Series races.
On Feb. 23, California Speedway will host NASCAR Craftsman Truck and NASCAR Nationwide Series events, which for three seasons have been scheduled on separate days during the track’s first of two NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series weekends.
In another shift, Gateway International Raceway’s event will run a week later than in 2007, on Sept. 6, the weekend following the Labor Day holiday.
Martinsville Speedway, one of four tracks to have scheduled an event in each season since the series was created in 1995, will host its 20th race on Oct. 18.
Among active tracks on the schedule, Texas Motor Speedway has hosted the most NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races. Texas will host its 21st and 22nd NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races in 2008, on June 6 and Oct. 31 and joins Atlanta Motor Speedway and Martinsville Speedway as tracks hosting two events in 2008.
2008 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES SCHEDULE
Date Site
Feb 15 Daytona International Speedway
Feb 23 California Speedway
Mar 7 Atlanta Motor Speedway
Mar 29 Martinsville Speedway
Apr 26 Kansas Speedway
May 16 Lowe’s Motor Speedway
May 24 Mansfield Motorsports Park
May 30 Dover International Speedway
Jun 6 Texas Motor Speedway
Jun 14 Michigan International Speedway
Jun 20 The Milwaukee Mile
Jun 28 Memphis Motorsports Park
Jul 12 Kentucky Speedway
Jul 25 O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis
Aug 9 Nashville Superspeedway
Aug 20 Bristol Motor Speedway
Sep 6 Gateway International Raceway
Sep 13 New Hampshire International Speedway
Sep 20 Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Oct 4 Talladega Superspeedway
Oct 18 Martinsville Speedway
Oct 25 Atlanta Motor Speedway
Oct 31 Texas Motor Speedway
Nov 7 Phoenix International Raceway
Nov 14 Homestead-Miami Speedway
Tentative Schedule – Subject to Change
| 
|