A total of 38 events – 36 points races – will be completed within a 40 week span, citing only two off weekends for the Cup drivers. The weekends of April 8th and July 22nd are the only off weekends on the 2012 schedule.
NASCAR has not yet released the 2012 schedules for the Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series.
Here is the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule (TV Networks):
Feb. 18 – Budweiser Shootout (FOX)
Feb. 26 – Daytona 500 (FOX)
March 4 – Phoenix (FOX)
March 11 – Las Vegas (FOX)
March 18 – Bristol (FOX)
March 25 – Fontana (FOX)
April 1 – Martinsville (FOX)
April 14 – Texas (FOX)
April 22 – Kansas (FOX)
April 28 – Richmond (FOX)
May 6 – Talladega (FOX)
May 12 – Darlington (FOX)
May 19 – Charlotte All-Star Race (SPEED)
May 27 – Charlotte Coke 600 (FOX)
June 3 – Dover (FOX)
June 10 – Pocono (TNT)
June 17 – Michigan (TNT)
June 24 – Sonoma (TNT)
June 30 – Kentucky (TNT)
July 7 – Daytona (TNT)
July 15 – New Hampshire (TNT)
July 29 – Indianapolis (ESPN)
Aug. 5 – Pocono (ESPN)
Aug. 12 – Watkins Glen (ESPN)
Aug. 19 – Michigan (ESPN)
Aug. 25 – Bristol (ABC)
Sept. 2 – Atlanta (ESPN)
Sept. 8 – Richmond (ABC)
Sept. 16 – Chicago (ESPN)
Sept. 23 – New Hampshire (ESPN)
Sept. 30 – Dover (ESPN)
Oct. 7 – Talladega (ESPN)
Oct. 13 – Charlotte (ABC)
Oct. 21 – Kansas (ESPN)
Oct. 28 – Martinsville (ESPN)
Nov. 4 – Texas (ESPN)
Nov. 11 – Phoenix (ESPN)
Nov. 18 – Homestead (ESPN)