DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule was announced last week, and for the sixth consecutive year, the championship will be contested over 25 races.
The season begins at Daytona Int’l Speedway in February, concludes at Homestead-Miami Speedway in November and features the first 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.
Martinsville Speedway, one of four tracks to have scheduled an event in each season since the series’ creation 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 schedule:
Feb. 15 Daytona Int’l Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla.; Feb. 23 California Speedway, Fontana, Calif.; March 7 Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga.; March 29 Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va.; April 26 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan.; May 16 Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C.; May 24 Mansfield Motorsports Park, Mansfield, Ohio; May 30 Dover Int’l Speedway, Dover, Del.; June 6 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas; June 14 Michigan Int’l Speedway, Brooklyn, Mich.; June 20 The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wis.; June 28 Memphis Motorsports Park, Memphis, Tenn.; July 12 Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Ky.; July 25 O’Reilly Raceway Park, Clermont, Ind.; Aug. 9 Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn.; Aug. 20 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tenn.; Sept. 6 Gateway Int’l Speedway, Madison, Ill.; Sept. 13 New Hampshire Int’l Speedway, Loudon, N.H.; Sept. 20 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nev.; Oct. 4 Talledega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala.; Oct. 18 Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va.; Oct. 25 Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga.; Oct. 31 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas; Nov. 7 Phoenix Int’l Raceway, Avondale, Ariz.; Nov. 14 Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Fla.