NASCAR Announces 2008 Craftsman Truck Series Schedule

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 4, 2007) – The 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule was announced Thursday 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 Truck series 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 Sprint 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 Sprint 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.

The complete 2008 schedule follows. Starting times and television/radio information will be available at a later date.

2008 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES SCHEDULE

Date Site

Feb. 15 Daytona International Speedway
Feb. 23 California Speedway
March 7 Atlanta Motor Speedway
March 29 Martinsville Speedway
April 26 Kansas Speedway
May 16 Lowe’s Motor Speedway
May 24 Mansfield Motorsports Park
May 30 Dover International Speedway
June 6 Texas Motor Speedway
June 14 Michigan International Speedway
June 20 The Milwaukee Mile
June 28 Memphis Motorsports Park
July 12 Kentucky Speedway
July 25 O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis
Aug. 9 Nashville Superspeedway
Aug. 20 Bristol Motor Speedway
Sept. 6 Gateway International Raceway
Sept. 13 New Hampshire International Speedway
Sept. 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