[Robertdjr]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR announced on Tuesday its 2009 national series schedules, which features realigned dates for the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Truck series.

Cup Series
There will be a three-way date swap between Atlanta Motor Speedway, Auto Club Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.

• Atlanta's second 2009 race will be held on Sunday, Sept. 6, taking the Labor Day weekend slot now held by Auto Club Speedway.

• Auto Club Speedway's second race will be Sunday, Oct. 11 -- the fourth week of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, a slot formerly held by Talladega.

• Talladega's second event will move to Sunday, Nov. 1, making it the seventh Chase event -- the slot formerly held by Atlanta.

2009 Cup Series Schedule

There also will be an additional off-week for the Cup Series, prior to the Labor Day weekend event, giving teams a final break before a 12-week stretch that will end the season.

Nationwide Series
The series will have a 35-race schedule. Changes include:

• A new event at Iowa Speedway on Aug. 1, replacing Mexico City;

• A switch of the Atlanta Motor Speedway event from March to September;

• Moving the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve event in Montreal to Sunday, Aug. 30.

2009 Nationwide Series Schedule

Truck Series
The series again will have 25 races, with one realigned date:

• The series' late-season race at Atlanta will be replaced by a night event at Chicagoland Speedway on Friday, Aug. 28.

2009 Truck Series Schedule

For all three series, the season will conclude with another tripleheader weekend, at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 20-22.

[bob101]

How long will Texas continue to get the shaft on the fall race? I know most of you can't believe how big of a deal it is - but it is. It falls on opening weekend of deer season in Texas. Hunting in Texas is a $3 Billion/year sport.

Starting early in the week I-35 heading south out of DFW that week is a traffic jam of people heading south for the weekend. By Friday at quitting time it's the largest traffic jam of the year.

I know many of you may be thinking in other parts of the country that yeah but it's only the poor rednecks who wouldn't/couldn't afford to go to a NASCAR race. I beg to differ. It's 100% their target audience. These are people who pay $5,000 to $25,000 per year for a lease, just as much for vehicles and other equipment PER YEAR......

Just a pet peeve of mine. Every year I attend 2 races. The one in Texas in the spring and the fall Talledega race because it's the next closest to the house that doesn't fall on opening day of deer season....A 17 hour drive. Now they moved it to the week before arghhhh.

[Robertdjr]

I've been to both races at Texas, and there's no doubt the fall race is different. You can park a little closer to the track and the lines to the bathroom aren't as long.

[Bob Tanner]

RacingOne.com's Pete Pistone has written some interesting views on upcoming NA__AR schedule changes. He makes some very good points.
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[GoDale09]

Sweet, gonna have to get some tickets. 2009 will be Dale Jr's Year. Wish Daytona 500 was tomorrow. Countdown to 2009 is on.

Go JR.

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by GoDale09

Sweet, gonna have to get some tickets. 2009 will be Dale Jr's Year. Wish Daytona 500 was tomorrow. Countdown to 2009 is on.

Go JR.

Welcome GoDale, to GoTeamsGo and the NASCAR forums.

As you've probably noticed I've edited your post to remove the link. It's against our rules.

I'd guess from your ID and post you're a Junior fan. There's a few around here, so you're in good company.

BTW: how did you find us? search engine?

[GoDale09]

Yes, I'm a JR Fan. Get to go to the vegas race every year. Awesome place to watch the race, but not always good for JR. I'd rather see him on a Super Speedway. And found this on google.

[Racer Duck]

Bet I've been to Vegas a dozen times .. all on business (they have lots of conventions there .. and a pretty good computer show), but have never been to the races there.

My son likes to tell me about when he was working on Rich Bickle's BGN team and he was tagged to co-drive the hauler to Vegas. He had a blast. I know I've always enjoyed my trips there. Hopefully next time I get to see some racing.

Glad you're here. Be sure to stop by the "Introduce Yourself" Forum and tell us a little about yourself.

[nascaraddict]

I've already got next year's Sprint Cup schedule put in the calender of my cell phone. How sad is that.

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by nascaraddict

I've already got next year's Sprint Cup schedule put in the calender of my cell phone. How sad is that.

Not sad at all ... I think your name says it all !!!

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by nascaraddict

I've already got next year's Sprint Cup schedule put in the calender of my cell phone. How sad is that.

glad I don't have one of those fancy phones .. otherwise I wouldn't have any excuse when accused of not knowing what day it is

Welcome to GoTeamsGo and the NASCAR/Motorsports Forums, nascaraddict. We need a few more like you (we're trying for a monopoly! ) I look forward to your posts in NASCAR.

BTW: how did you find us?

[nascaraddict]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

Not sad at all ... I think your name says it all !!!

True... True. But my girlfriend says that I need help. I guess that it has something to do with the countless number of old races that I have taped. And that I tape every race. I don't know.

[nascaraddict]

But I also post the Clemson Football Schedule on my phone. So I multi-task.

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by nascaraddict

But I also post the Clemson Football Schedule on my phone. So I multi-task.

that just goes to prove not all NASCAR fans are single minded

[nascaraddict]

Originally Posted by Racer Duck

glad I don't have one of those fancy phones .. otherwise I wouldn't have any excuse when accused of not knowing what day it is

Welcome to GoTeamsGo and the NASCAR/Motorsports Forums, nascaraddict. We need a few more like you (we're trying for a monopoly! ) I look forward to your posts in NASCAR.

BTW: how did you find us?

This is just sad. One day, one of my other nascar sites was not coming up with their fourm... so I had a fit. I just had to have a NASCAR fix where I could talk to folks online. So I googled "NASCAR chat rooms", and Goteamsgo came up. And here I am. But the other site came back up, and I still go there too.

But I don't want to name the site, because I'm afraid that I'd get kicked off of here. This is a cool site.